A best-by date is a manufacturer's estimate of when a food will taste, smell, and feel its best. It's about quality, not ...

Date labels. Expiration dates. Best-by dates. Whatever you call them, at some point, you’ve probably squinted at those tiny dot-matrix-printed numbers and wondered: “Does this mean my cheese might ...

Most dates are about quality, not safety. “Sell by” = store stock; “best by” = taste; “use by” = pay closer attention (esp. refrigerated). Infant formula is the exception Use the 3 checks: stored ...

The can of chickpeas in the pantry has a "best by" date that passed two weeks ago. The loaf of bread on the countertop boasts a "sell by" date of today. And then there's the Manchego cheese in the ...

Dan Cluderay's online business sells food which is past its "best before" date but still within its "use by" date A businessman rejected by Dragon's Den is set to make his fortune with an ingenious ...

A local grocery store inspected by the health department was cited for cans of infant formula with year-old use-by dates.