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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2016-08-24 1:37 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2016-08-24, > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:13:49 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>
>>> I had to take the toothpaste tube under bright light to
>>> check the crimping. Yup, it's hard to make out but I see
>>> Exp 09/2017. It just looks like crimping. A US thing, I
>>> guess.
>
>> I just checked my Colgate - BB date on carton and also impressed on
>> the 'hem' of the tube.
>
> Are you ppl shitin' me!? An expiration date on toothpaste? Is there
> anyone in this group who actually believes their toothpast will spoil,
> if not used by a certain date? Seriously?
>

Maybe I will have to look again, but I might suggest that if it is
stamped in along the bottom crimp, it can't be too important.