Product Safety: 77 Expiration Dates For Household Goods, Food And Beauty Products

 

 

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Product Safety: 77 Expiration Dates For Household Goods, Food And Beauty Products

via Consumerist on May 21, 2007

How long does ketchup last? Olives? Dry pasta? Real Simple has contacted manufacturers and experts and put together a list of suggested expiration dates for 77 different types of food, household goods and beauty products. Some interesting ones:

Dried pasta: 12 months

Honey: Indefinite shelf life

Ketchup: Unopened: 1 year (After this time, color or flavor may be affected, but product is still generally safe to consume.)
Opened or used: 4 to 6 months (After this time, color or flavor may be affected, but product is still generally safe to consume.)

Mustard: 2 years (After this time, color or flavor may be affected, but product is still generally safe to consume.)

Pickles: Unopened: 18 months
Opened: No conclusive data. Discard if slippery or excessively soft.

Lipstick: 2 years

Mascara:Unopened: 2 years
Used: 3 to 4 months Honey is forever, forever, forever... --MEGHANN MARCO

Surprising Expiration Dates [Real Simple]
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