Food Expiration Dates

Merl said

Don't think a "born on date" will work since most people don't know how long a product is good for. This will create more waste and more cases of food poisoning overall.

Clear instructions for storage should be on the packaging and "do not use after date" (with proper storage) is what is needed.

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One of the problems with dates is, it is different because of when its opened. If i buy a gallon of milk today and open it, it will go bad before a gallon of milk that was bought today but not opened for a week, same with bread and packaged deli meats. thats the kind of stuff that needs to be educated. put a QR code on each item that takes you to the FDA website for that kind of product that tells you "deli meat is good for 7-10 days after opening" and "xx amount of days since it was purchased" something to that extent, which would be good with born on dates.
people are wierd and creatures of habit tho.
When i go to the Black Friday Store (that mostly sells Amazon Returns, but always has pallets of the 40ct lays variety packs) and get the boxes of chips, the sell by date is either just passed or about to pass. A couple times the date was a couple months past. not once was a bag of them stale.
There is enough science in todays world to be able to have better studies and better understanding on true expiration dates if stored propely.