250.000.000 BC
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Yep, the plastic dissolves
wrote on last edited by [email protected]So now the salt is full of microplastics? Well, so am I. Come on in and join the rest.
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Doesn't that have to do with the container?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Bet it has more to do with salt caking up and getting nasty appearing than anything else other than just a legal requirement. Also I think that’s a “best by” date not an expiration.
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Yep, the plastic dissolves
On salt?
It depolymerizes on water, but salt is extremely hydrophilic and stops that process down.
Table salt has an expiration date from the secant that keeps it as a powder, but the one in the picture doesn't have it either.
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Food grade salt stored in the plastic container
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He who controls the salt. Controls the universe
You're not wrong. Spice did control our world for awhile. Salt was and still is a big part of that.
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Idiots will throw this in the trash. Businesses will as well.
I watch a couple of dude's at Lowe's uncapping and draining several hundred bottles of Powerade because they were past expiration. Working retail really got me educated in all the waste in our system. (Someone will scream, "caPiTaLisM!". No, it's a legal/liability thing. And it's dumb.)
Purchase a thing. Any thing. See all the plastic you brought home? There was 2-3x that much in delivering it to you before you took it off the shelf.
Been wanting to start a comm on "stop buying shit, here are alternatives". Taking votes for names. I could spend a week posting things I've actually done.
EDIT: Should note: Trashing goods = tax write off. That's a money saver vs. "donated" or "sold at discount". Yes, it's cheaper to throw shit away than to sell, even at a deep discount.
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Doesn't that have to do with the container?
Many places in the world mandate expiration dates on food items, no matter what the item in question actually is.
Water in a glass bottle? Expires in 24 months.
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What exactly happens to salt that makes it "expired"? Some sort of mould from the air growing on it or something?
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Idiots will throw this in the trash. Businesses will as well.
I watch a couple of dude's at Lowe's uncapping and draining several hundred bottles of Powerade because they were past expiration. Working retail really got me educated in all the waste in our system. (Someone will scream, "caPiTaLisM!". No, it's a legal/liability thing. And it's dumb.)
Purchase a thing. Any thing. See all the plastic you brought home? There was 2-3x that much in delivering it to you before you took it off the shelf.
Been wanting to start a comm on "stop buying shit, here are alternatives". Taking votes for names. I could spend a week posting things I've actually done.
EDIT: Should note: Trashing goods = tax write off. That's a money saver vs. "donated" or "sold at discount". Yes, it's cheaper to throw shit away than to sell, even at a deep discount.
I vote for "Stop Buying Shit"; double meaning of don't buy shitty things, and alternative things you can use instead of buying... shit.
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Many places in the world mandate expiration dates on food items, no matter what the item in question actually is.
Water in a glass bottle? Expires in 24 months.
A lot of these laws have to do with expected lifetime in "worst plausible storage conditions", like poorly sealed boxes and wrong temperature and humidity
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What exactly happens to salt that makes it "expired"? Some sort of mould from the air growing on it or something?
Nothing should make it expire. It's literally a rock.
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Idiots will throw this in the trash. Businesses will as well.
I watch a couple of dude's at Lowe's uncapping and draining several hundred bottles of Powerade because they were past expiration. Working retail really got me educated in all the waste in our system. (Someone will scream, "caPiTaLisM!". No, it's a legal/liability thing. And it's dumb.)
Purchase a thing. Any thing. See all the plastic you brought home? There was 2-3x that much in delivering it to you before you took it off the shelf.
Been wanting to start a comm on "stop buying shit, here are alternatives". Taking votes for names. I could spend a week posting things I've actually done.
EDIT: Should note: Trashing goods = tax write off. That's a money saver vs. "donated" or "sold at discount". Yes, it's cheaper to throw shit away than to sell, even at a deep discount.
Hilariously best by dates aren't actually enforced by any agency or department so I don't believe anyone is legally obligated to discard it. The dates are a best guess by manufacturers, the determination if something is actually spoiled is up to the end user.
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Expiration dates on salt and water are funny and all, but expiration dates exist because capitalists would disguise spoiled food to maximize profit. And it takes an enforcement regime to make them care about their customer's health. Wasted food is still preferable to wasted life.
These regulations didn't fall out of a coconut tree.
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100% uncontaminated
IT'S PINK! It's definitely contaminated. Maybe it's got other things things you want in there, but that's still contamination. It's not pure salt.
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I vote for "Stop Buying Shit"; double meaning of don't buy shitty things, and alternative things you can use instead of buying... shit.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Buy it for life
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Hilariously best by dates aren't actually enforced by any agency or department so I don't believe anyone is legally obligated to discard it. The dates are a best guess by manufacturers, the determination if something is actually spoiled is up to the end user.
If anything it's more of a quality control thing.
It's the difference between "I bought frozen peas that expire in 6 months and they're all freezer burned - I want a refund!" And "the frozen peas I forgot about that expired 2 years ago are freezer burned - I want a refund!" One of them is more likely to get their money back than the other.
Also the quality of certain canned foods deteriorates after a time. Some things get mushy or the color changes weirdly that make it unappetizing, so dates can be a good reference. That said, I've been utilizing food banks for the last 25+ years. Expiration dates don't scare me, but they do inform.
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Nothing should make it expire. It's literally a rock.
It's literally a rock that will preserve things
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What exactly happens to salt that makes it "expired"? Some sort of mould from the air growing on it or something?
It's a 'best by' date, which just means that the manufacturer won't guarantee quality past that date.
