California’s Ban on Sell-By Dates Proves What I Have Been Telling My Wife for Years: The Chicken from Last Sunday Is Still Perfectly Fine

Did the milk expire? California bans ‘sell by’ food labels to cut food wasteFor years, I’ve been fighting a lonely battle against throwing away perfectly good groceries. Those random dates stamped on the packaging are just a giant scam to make you throw out your food and buy more. And it fills up the dumps for no reason. That’s why I was so pumped to read that California finally passed a law to get rid of those confusing labels. It feels amazing to have the state government officially back up what I’ve been trying to tell my wife about our entire relationship, which is that the container of baked chicken we made last Sunday is absolutely still fine for my lunch today.My wife looks at me with horror when I pack my bag for the office. She acts like the plastic container is holding a toxic weapon just because I roasted those thighs eight days ago. But look who’s laughing now. The meat has been in a container with a snapping lid. The fridge is cold. So what if the chicken feels a little…