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What do food expiration dates actually mean?

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You reach into your refrigerator, ready to take a gulp of milk and you see that it has passed its expiration date. Do you chance it and take a sip or not? What do those expiration dates really mean? Find out more from the SciShow.

After all this, what are your thoughts about expiration dates on food?

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