On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:41:43 -0700, "Cat Protector"
wrote:

I am not willing to bet my cats or another's health on that one. They put
dates on the cans for a reason. If canned food was safe for years beyond the
experation date then food companies would not put dates on them. Would you
give someone expired milk despite knowing it'd make them sick? If you are so
sure that the food will safe and are willing to ignore the dates then eat it
yourself instead of putting your cats at risk.

Maybe they put dates on the cans so we'll throw away perfectly good
food and buy new cans? Just playing devil's advocate.

Which was the beer that stopped putting "best by" and started putting
"born on" dates? That was clever marketing if you can get the stuff on
the shelves quickly enough. Now it's up the you if you think it's
fresh enough.