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DON’T CONFUSE “BEST BEFORE” WITH “EXPIRED.”

Let’s be clear: I don’t promote food that needs a long shelf life.

But since you live in a world of packaged everything, you must know the difference:

🔴 Expiry Date = the food is no longer safe to consume. Dangerous. Toxic. Trash it.

🟡 Best Before = the food is past its peak quality; not taste, not texture, not nutrients. But it’s still technically safe if stored properly.

So that pack of oats that says “Best Before May 15”? It might have lost a bit of aroma or crunch, but it won’t poison you.

This doesn’t apply to fresh, whole foods. This applies to packaged products you shouldn’t be eating too much of in the first place.

Bottom line?

🧠 Be label-literate.
📦 Don’t panic over best-before dates.
🥚 But eat real food that doesn’t even need a label.

The future belongs to the label-literate and the liver-protectors.

Message from the EFCC