If you're confused about the dates you see on egg cartons, it's not surprising. Food product dating is hard to understand. One of the more puzzling facts is that none of the dates on food packages -- not even "use by" dates -- are an indication of food safety. Instead, package dates refer to product quality. "
{Basically, make sure that you know the current Julian date whenever you go grocery shopping.
the Julian date is used to convey the three-digit "packing" date, just as useful as the "sell by" date.}
