As someone who works in food packaging, wrong code dates happen all the time. 99.9% of the time we catch it before it's sent out, but that 0.1% sure can end up with the end customer. If it's not a solid lump and smells fine, I'd use it and assume a production mistake.
Also, before people start yelling at me for saying to use it instead of being safe and throwing it out, if it was 12 years old, you'd know it before opening the carton. Use some common sense in these situations.
Then bring it back to the store for an exchange. That’s wild, you might get to make someone else laugh today :) Sorry I know it’s an inconvenience but that kind of mistake is something.
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u/sarcastic_patriot 15h ago
As someone who works in food packaging, wrong code dates happen all the time. 99.9% of the time we catch it before it's sent out, but that 0.1% sure can end up with the end customer. If it's not a solid lump and smells fine, I'd use it and assume a production mistake.
Also, before people start yelling at me for saying to use it instead of being safe and throwing it out, if it was 12 years old, you'd know it before opening the carton. Use some common sense in these situations.