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22
Oct

Food Expiration Dates

   Posted by: Ryman    in Real World

Saw this at the Yahoo! Philippines portal after logging out of my email.

Surprising Expiration Dates

Beer
Unopened: 4 months.

Chocolate (Hershey bar)
1 year from production date

Coffee, canned ground
Unopened: 2 years
Opened: 1 month refrigerated

Coffee, gourmet
Beans: 3 weeks in paper bag, longer in vacuum-seal bag (After this time, color or flavor may be affected, but product is still generally safe to consume.)
Ground: 1 week in sealed container

Coffee, instant
Unopened: Up to 2 years
Opened: Up to 1 month

Diet soda (and soft drinks in plastic bottles)
Unopened: 3 months from “best by” date.
Opened: Doesn’t spoil, but taste is affected.

Dried pasta
12 months

Frozen dinners
Unopened: 12 to 18 months

Frozen vegetables
Unopened: 18 to 24 months
Opened: 1 month

Honey
Indefinite shelf life

Juice, bottled (apple or cranberry)
Unopened: 8 months from production date
Opened: 7 to 10 days

More at Yahoo! news …

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9
Oct

BFAD: 22 milk brands with Melamine

   Posted by: Ryman    in Real World

As the reports are going around about the products with melamine, BFAD announces 22 infant-milk brands that contains (has been tainted by) Melamine.

In short, stay away from these products.

  • Sanlu (Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Inc.)
  • Panda Baby (Shanghai Panda Dairy Co. Ltd.)
  • Syrutra (Syrutra International Inc.)
  • Gucheng (Shanxi Gucheng Dairy Co. Ltd.)
  • Hero (Jiangxi Bright & Hero Dairy C)
  • Huimin/HMDP (Baoji Huimin Milk Co. Ltd.)
  • Mengniu (Mengniu Dairy)
  • Kocci (Duojiaduo Dairy Industry Tianjin Co. Ltd.)
  • Yaahili (Guangdong Yashili Group Co. Ltd.)
  • Nanshan Beiyi (Hunan Peiyi Dairy Co.)
  • Heilongjiang Qining Dairy Co.)
  • Yashili (Shanxi Yashili Dairy Co.)
  • Jinbishi (Shenzhen Jinbishi Milk Co. Ltd.)
  • Scient (Guangzhou Shien Dairy Co.)
  • Jinding (Guangzhou Jinding Dairy Co.)
  • Yili (Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co.)
  • Ausmeadow (Ausmeadow Nutriment Co. Ltd.)
  • Suncare (Aikeding, Qingdao Suncare Nutritional Technology Co. Ltd.)
  • Yubao (Xi’an Baiyue Dairy Co. Ltd.)
  • Leilei (Yantai Leilei Dairy Products Co. Ltd.)
  • Baoanli (Shanghai Bao’anli Dairy Co. Ltd.)
  • Hikid (Fuding Chenguan Dairy Co. Ltd.)

[GMANews.TV via Yahoo! News]

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