Sell by dates are basically a fiction. https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/food-labeling/

Sell by dates are basically a fiction. https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/food-labeling/food-product-dating/food-product-dating/!ut/p/a1/jVFhT8IwEP014wvZemNIhslilkUDKENClLEvpmPt1qRbZ9uh89dbRD5oQOmlyd3ru9x7V5SiBKU13rECayZqzPd1OnqBJYzccQSzxdi9g2n8vFzcRxH4qytD2PxBiL0L-8-cEP7rn10wYCDn0bxAaYN1abOaCpQURNu4Vm9EKpRQIXJbYUp0Z1O81bYqCdHHB44zwlldfJeNFHlrOLlZ0TlwjdKfssA1MY291XAyiz1YDH8TTuztQDi_GOO84CL7-qRNWGeebyxKQokk0mmlgUutG3VtgQWtyrEiWG5LZ586hdhZcABuWk39wHJvB5ZRYq7Xw5QyzrAmAVVM9V5bIrtAEc77Wdc3FklvK6qKaec9gGPaBXBKRymURsmJ8aipnpKPh3AC7LFa-yr8BPx8HRI!/#3 https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety... only limitation is: infant formula and false advertising (defined in https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/9/317.8 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/9/317.8 )