15 foods you can eat past their expiration dates [INSIDER] insider@insider.com (Zoë Miller) ,INSIDER•July 28, 2020

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It's a common misconception that the date printed on packaged food is a firm deadline for when you should toss it.

In reality, one of the only items in the US with a federally-regulated expiration date is infant formula ― which is why "sell by" dates and "best if used by (or before)" dates are more of a guideline than a rule.

As Paul VanLandingham, a senior faculty member at the Center for Food and Beverage Management of Johnson & Wales University explained in an interview with WebMD, these numbers refer to food quality rather than food safety.

Although the former dictates how long a store should display a product to ensure its highest level of quality, the latter refers to long consumers should keep a product before it loses flavor or declines in quality.

When it comes to these 15 food items, you can oftentimes disregard the date on the package.

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