When to Toss

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When to Toss

 

Soda, Regular. Unopened: In cans or glass bottles, 9 months

from " best by "

date. Opened: Doesn´t spoil, but taste is affected.

Diet Soda (and soft drinks in plastic bottles). Unopened: 3 months

from " best by " date. Opened: Doesn´t spoil, but taste is affect.

Coffee, Canned Ground. Unopened: 2 years. Opened: 1 month

refrigerated. Juice, Bottled (apple or cranberry). Unopened: 8 months

from production date.

 

Opened: 7 to 10 days.

 

Ketchup. Unopened: 1 year. Opened: 4 to 6 months. (After these times,

color

or flavor may be affected, but the product is still generally safe to

consume.)

 

Maple Syrup, Real or Imitation. Unopened or opened: 1 year.

Soy Sauce, bottled. Unopened: 2 years. Opened: 3 months.

 

Peanut Butter, processed. Unopened: 2 years. Opened: 6 months;

refrigerate

after 3 months.

Tuna, Canned. Unopened: 1 year from purchase date. Opened: 3 to 4

days, not

stored in can.

Mayonnaise. Unopened: Indefinitely. Opened: 2 to 3 months

from " purchased by " date. (After this time, color or flavoring may be

affected, but the product

is still generally safe to consume.)

 

Salad Dressing, bottled. Unopened: 12 months after " best buy " date.

Opened:

9 months refrigerated.

Olive Oil. Unopened/Opened: 2 years from manufacture date. (After

this time,

color or flavor may be affected, but the product is still generally

safe to

consume.)

Vinegar. Unopened/Opened: 42 months.

 

Windex. Unopened/Opened: 2 years.

Metal Polish. Unopened/Opened: at least 3 years.

Wood Polish (Pledge). Unopened/Opened: 2 years.

 

Powered Laundry Detergent. Unopened: 9 months to a 1 year. Opened: At

least 6

 

months.

Liquid Laundry Detergent. Unopened: 9 months to 1 year. Opened: 6

months. Bleach. Unopened/Opened: 3 to 6 months.

 

Nail Polish. Unopened/Opened: 1 year from manufacture date. Nail

Polish Remover. Unopened/Opened: Lasts indefinitely. Perfume.

Unopened/Opened: 1 to 2 years.

 

Lipstick. Unopened/Opened: 2 years.

Mascara. Unopened: 2 years. Opened: 3 to 4 months.

Foundation, Oil-Based. Unopened/Opened: 2 years from date of

manufacture. Foundation, Water-Based. Unopened/Opened: 3 years from

date of manufacture.