Submitted by DJ-Kouraje t3_10nxyak in mildlyinteresting
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booherm t1_j6bjxcl wrote
For God's sake, what timezone? How can they call this safe?
shelbyapso t1_j6bka42 wrote
You can have salsa for breakfast, but you’re dead if you have it for lunch on March 18.
Storeuser t1_j6blwsv wrote
r/OddlySpecific
ThaLastRemaning1 t1_j6bpkf6 wrote
I don't get this post
kyobu t1_j6bq9o5 wrote
There’s no way the time of day actually matters.
ThaLastRemaning1 t1_j6bqj2b wrote
Oh that? Probably been tested lol
ex-big_bag_of_dicks t1_j6bwawh wrote
Oh my god, what time is it? 11 am! I have only minutes to eat all my salsa!
b_ootay_ful t1_j6bxv8v wrote
This is an alternative way to list the batch number.
Eg: Exactly 6 months before the expiry, this was made.
DJ-Kouraje OP t1_j6by0fw wrote
DJ-Kouraje OP t1_j6by5ij wrote
I knew there had to be some reason! Haha thanks
fronkenstoon t1_j6bye2c wrote
March 18, 2023; 11:35AM. The exact minute the plague began.
dragoonts t1_j6byqfn wrote
Food is not like radioactive materials with given constant half-lives
DJ-Kouraje OP t1_j6byy6r wrote
I have been seeing memes about shit going down in March of 2023 :O
CreamCowboys t1_j6c12uk wrote
As it should
YamnuskaLoop t1_j6c1fdn wrote
Pfffffft, mañana.
Outrageous_Chicken95 t1_j6c3ltf wrote
Shit out of luck if you get diarrhea past noon that day then eyyy
LightboxRadMD t1_j6c441j wrote
Crap! 30 seconds! Get the chips!
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”.
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
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.
Llamz t1_j6c5vzu wrote
“Beware the ides of March” became a whole lot more serious when fresh salsa was on the line.
activelyresting t1_j6c62cg wrote
Yeah that's just the timestamp of when it came off the production line
DJ-Kouraje OP t1_j6c6n2m wrote
True, good point.
clemep8 t1_j6d7e2h wrote
It's Greenwich Mean Time of course... :)
Fluffy-Edge-6065 t1_j6bjjsf wrote
I dare you to open it at 11:35am on Mar 18 2023