The Agriculture Department has determined that 36 pounds of food per person is wasted every month, about 21 percent of the available food in the United States. And one big reason: those expiration dates are wrong or overly cautious.

The solution. Hold your nose and just eat it. Even if it is 18 months past the expiration date.

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