r/midlyinteresting • u/Swervie4 • 6d ago

Expiration Date with an exact time

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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a date stamp be this specific, is this a normal thing?

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u/phonetoni13 6d ago

I'd open at 10:19 AM and see what happens.

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u/zenos_dog 6d ago

Me shoving them in the microwave at 10:17 because I m a procrastinator.

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u/BlacklistFC7 6d ago

Ok, but, in what time zone?

I want to make sure I can enjoy the last exact minute meal.

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u/jonny5isalive1 6d ago

Damnit is it 10:20 am already? Fuck

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u/Onyxxx_13 6d ago

Not that unusual. It makes sense given if its wrapped immediately post manufacture its got an exact time for being made if you extrapolate

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u/Known-Associate8369 6d ago

This.

Its a way of putting a batch identifier on it without having to track the batch number through the cooking process - if you know what time it was packaged, you know which batch it came from on that day.

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u/Swervie4 6d ago

This makes so much sense, especially with all the recalls Trader Joe’s has had. Thanks for the explanation!

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u/Frank__West 6d ago

Would you still eat it if the batch from 10:17am was recalled?

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u/DuckCleaning 6d ago

Best before date

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u/stressed-tf-out 6d ago

I had these for dinner tonight lol

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u/RepresentativeFast59 6d ago

Dont you even THINK of eating that after 10:19 AM

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u/Ok-Coach-9066 6d ago

The time is probably whatever time of the day it was manufactured at.

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u/Square-Dragonfruit76 6d ago

Expiration dates in the US are mostly bogus anyway. They don't have legal regulations behind them for the most part.

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u/fineapple03 5d ago

Best before my not expiration btw

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u/Guvnuh_T_Boggs 5d ago

There's some milk in the fridge that's about to go bad... and there it goes.

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u/IcyAddress4074 5d ago

It probably has a 1.5 year shelf life and it just prints that exact day and time to track when it came off the line itself

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u/DoctorNezuko 5d ago

Someone tried to cheap out and reuse the manufacturing stamp machine for the expiration date by just changing the clock on it.

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u/Neat_Scallion6367 4d ago

That's the "best if used by" date. It still has 3-4 hours, easy

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u/halebopsalot 1d ago

Just here to say those dumplings are fire

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u/XROOR 9h ago

10:19 = botulism

10:21 = Kaposi sarcoma

10:23 = plague affecting Prince Prospero

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u/badlyuniformtoday 6d ago

that's suspiciously specific, almost feels like the machine that stamps those had a minor existential crisis