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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Judge Posner suggests, at some length, that the dressing would still be OK after that date, and what reasons the manufacturer might have to put those dates on the dressing.
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Putting aside the facts of the case, which are pretty weak on which to base a prosecution, I wonder why a dressing maker would specify a "best if purchased by" date. That suggests somehow it's doing worse sitting on a store shelf. But surely that's not the case. So of what relevance is the purchase date, other than as a quasi-guarantee that up to that date it's in good shape, after maybe not. But if that's what the "best by" date means, it should be a consumption date.
