Current Events > How do they know when the milk is gonna expire?

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Do they ask the cow?

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they're remarkably accurate.

one day past best before date and the milk tastes like crap... that's probably how they decided.

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Nah they ask the milk

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kirbymuncher posted...

Nah they ask the milk

But the milk has no mouth

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But then i have that one gallon thats seemingly good 4 days after when most start to show signs a day before...

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Touch posted...

But the milk has no mouth

You gotta open it first

While there are no set recommendations, most research suggests that as long as it's been stored properly, unopened milk generally stays good for 57 days past its listed date, while opened milk lasts at least 23 days past this date (3, 8 , 9).

I knew a professor who said 10 days, but the expiration date seems to be a conservative estimate of when it goes bad. Personally I had milk go bad before the expiration date, so that's surprising to me.

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FrankJaegr posted...

You gotta open it first

Open what?

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sniff test is a good indicator.
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Things are still good after their best by date. Best by, is what the company will vouch for as being at the highest standard of what they consider their product to be.

However I still throw shit away after best by because after that you have a chance of tasting wonky shit.

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Before they seal the milk they have an expert taster take a drink, then he/she calculates from the flavor how long before it goes bad.

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Milk is one of those products where I dump it the moment it hits expiration. Not going to screw with expired dairy.

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Strider102 posted...

Before they seal the milk they have an expert taster take a drink, then he/she calculates from the flavor how long before it goes bad.

Damn he's like a Nostradamilk

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lol

If I had to guess, there's some probabilistic distribution where X days after milking, milk has a Y probability to expire. Then they pick a certain time after milking or shipping with a suitably low probability to spoil, then slap that date on all the milk harvested in a single day.

That's how I would do it at least.

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you don't need to just immediately toss milk past its best before date... you can smell it and it's super obvious if it's still good or not

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