Best-Before vs Use-By Dates: What’s Safe to Eat?
We found a jar of peanut butter at the back of our cupboard, 14 months past its best-before date. We smelled it, tasted a spoonful, and finished the jar over the next week. Nothing happened, which is why this article exists: most date labels are softer than they look. TL;DR — the 30-second version Best-before…