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this post was submitted on 16 May 2025
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There are different types of dates in the US. Few things have expiration dates, which means it can be dangerous (or, for medication, ineffective) after that date. Most things have "best before" dates, which means the company has tested the product that far from its production and found it still met the quality standard.
The problem is that the FDA requires that testing and that every product have such a date. People have mentioned salt, which is inert, having a date, and that's probably the most ridiculous example, but there are lots of things that have super long shelf lives beyond the best buy dates. Honey, soy sauce, bottled water, and vinegar being examples that come to mind.
Old plastic bottled water can have chemicals from the plastic leached in to it that you wouldn't want to ingest though.
It's a pretty low risk unless the bottles get really hot.
True, but unless you know what conditions the bottles were in it's not worth messing with one bottled 3 years ago.
Like when people keep water in thier car and it goes crazy hot in the summer.
Right, and doing that can make it go above levels even before the best buy date. But bottled water that isn't allowed to get really hot doesn't have a known expiration.
Do they ship those bottles in climate controlled trucks? Are there regulations requiring that the plastic bottles never reach excess temps when stored/during commercial transport?
No clue. Not making any claims other than that there's no known expiration for water that's not subject to excess heat.