stackyFACTSYour overpriced bottle of mountain spring water goes bad entirely because of local bureaucracy, not chemistry. Water doesn't expire, but a 1987 New Jersey law required all food packaging to display an expiration date. Bottlers universally adopted the stamp just to streamline their logistics.
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