You can safely consume canned goods well past these dates. They may not taste as good, but they won’t harm you. Even the government advocates not going by the “use by” or “sell by” date. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture,“Dates on cans indicate peak quality as ...
Canned goods: Most expiration dates on foods in cans range from 1 to 4 years—but keep the food in a cool, dark place and the cans undented and in good condition, and you can likely safely double that shelf life from 3 to up to 6 years. Frozen foods: They’re much like canned goo...
From these studies, we observe (i) that food date labels—both their wording and the dates themselves—affect perceived consumer value, and (ii) that information on the effects of food waste can affect food waste behaviors. However, no study has yet examined the effect of information on the...