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Most expiration dates are wrong — here's how long your food will last

By Mike Nudelman and Skye Gould
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If you're like us, "sell by" dates on your favorite foods may often leave you feeling skeptical and uneasy.

Using the website StillTasty, which collects data from the USDA, the FDA, the CDC, and the food manufacturers, we created the graphic below to help assuage your shelf-life fears.

BI_Graphics_Here's how long your food will actually last
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Mallory Schlossberg contributed to this article.

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Mike Nudelman
Mike is Business Insider's graphics editor. He majored in printmaking at Cornell University and earned an MFA in painting and drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He previously worked as an illustrator in Groupon's Humor Department. He regularly exhibits his drawings.
Skye Gould
Skye Gould
Skye was the Design Director for Business Insider and Insider. She led the Graphics and Photo teams in producing all graphics, data visualizations, story art, photography, and special projects for the newsroom.
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