Milk is usually good beyond expiration date, I have milk now with expiration date Dec 11, today is Dec 20.
I will finish the gallon today.
My temp in refrigerator 38*
4 things that contribute to milk going bad before expiration date.
1 Exposure to outside temp.before loading on truck, rarely the problem.
2 Delivery truck temp in route,rarely a problem
3 Exposure to outside temp. When unloaded to dock at store, how long on dock before loaded in cooler.
4 After you remove from store cooler, continue shopping, take to car, load in Fla Temp car, take home, unload and get in refrigerator, CRITICAL TIME IN FLA.TEMP. Yes never place on door,always on shelf. Big volume stores, such as WALMART,WINDIXIE. PUBLEX are pros in handling milk, turnover in milk is high.
My experience as a retired supermarket supervisor , is as many threads wrote,
I would put my money on 1 of the 4 things I mentioned.
The number 1 thing to try, is placement of milk on shelf, LOWER TEMP TO 38*
If you are buying milk at 1 of the 3 places I listed.
YOU may be the problem.
As In all food items, dates on products are used for stores to monitor rotation by stockers. Dont throw away a product unopened or with an expiration date reached, 99% of the time it is good way beyond that date.
EXPIRATION 101
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