In article <j1TZg.4547$V6.2198@fed1read06>,
Lobster Man > wrote:

> Not feeling well this week, and I got tired of tea and mineral water, so
> I bought some bullion cubes at the store. A hot cup of beef bullion is a
> nice change of pace.
>
> Anyway, when I opened the jar, I was struck by the "Best used by" date
> on the top of the jar. (And the date was only a little over a year in
> the future...) It's not like a cube of mostly salt can really "go bad",
> right?
>
> I assume it's some stupid FDA food freshness requirement. But it still
> struck me as ironic.

We have expiration dates on disposable GLASS PIPETTES at work. ;-)

Seems to be a law about that somewhere...

They are not even sterile.
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