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b98765 t1_j6c4jgu wrote

This is done so that they can issue a recall of a specified range of expiry times if they find out something went wrong with that batch, like “all salsa with expiry date Mar 18, 2023 between 1:01pm and 3:12pm is contaminated with enriched plutonium”.

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DJ-Kouraje OP t1_j6c4vgq wrote

Makes sense, but it’s strange they would include it as the use by date, instead of putting it somewhere else, or different phrasing

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b98765 t1_j6c5poq wrote

Probably cheaper to stamp a single thing, rather than have a second stamp somewhere. They are probably doing the bare minimum to comply with some regulation.

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