Well, I understand that with some years in an plastic bowl, the salt may absorb some substances and microplastics. But about Honey, what comes in glass jars? There they also put an expiration date, even though still edible honey has been found in several thousand years old Egyptian tombs.
The expiration date - unless it’s a different legal definition where you are from - is not really about being edible, but just signifies the guarantee the producer gives, basically “up until this date we will guarantee this product will maintain the expected quality”. In this case, I think it will be them not guaranteeing that the salt won’t have drawn water from the air and clumped up or something like that.
As weird as it sounds, this actually isn’t true in general. Except on baby formula, it’s not required by federal law. Some states require it and some don’t, but it’s more or less put there voluntarily by everyone because they don’t want spoiled stuff going around with their name on it.
Well, I understand that with some years in an plastic bowl, the salt may absorb some substances and microplastics. But about Honey, what comes in glass jars? There they also put an expiration date, even though still edible honey has been found in several thousand years old Egyptian tombs.
The expiration date - unless it’s a different legal definition where you are from - is not really about being edible, but just signifies the guarantee the producer gives, basically “up until this date we will guarantee this product will maintain the expected quality”. In this case, I think it will be them not guaranteeing that the salt won’t have drawn water from the air and clumped up or something like that.
It’s required by law so they have to put something.
As weird as it sounds, this actually isn’t true in general. Except on baby formula, it’s not required by federal law. Some states require it and some don’t, but it’s more or less put there voluntarily by everyone because they don’t want spoiled stuff going around with their name on it.
Youre also more likely to replace it after its “expired”