NYC Milk Mystery
By Mike
I always wondered why milk cartons in NYC have two dates…
What’s wrong with the milk in New York City? This is a question I ask myself every time I buy milk in a store and scrutinize the expiration date. Dates, I should say. Because every milk container sold in the city bears two: the manufacturer’s suggested sell-by date and an additional one, marked “NYC,” which typically is five days earlier. According to the International Dairy Foods Association, New York City is the only city in the country that mandates an additional sell-by date. Now, the corrupting tendencies of this metropolis are well-documented, but what is it about Gotham exactly that spoils milk?
In 1998, John Gadd, a spokesman for the city’s Health Department explained the code to the New York Times as “one of those uniquely New York sorts of things.” He said that milk shipped to the city is more likely to stand unrefrigerated for longer periods before it reaches stores and also during the trip from store to home. “In other parts of the country, the expiration date is often 11 or 12 days after the pasteurization, but our experience and research have shown that here, 9 days is a reasonable threshold,” Gadd said.
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NYC Milk Mystery
By Mike
I always wondered why milk cartons in NYC have two dates…
What’s wrong with the milk in New York City? This is a question I ask myself every time I buy milk in a store and scrutinize the expiration date. Dates, I should say. Because every milk container sold in the city bears two: the manufacturer’s suggested sell-by date and an additional one, marked “NYC,” which typically is five days earlier. According to the International Dairy Foods Association, New York City is the only city in the country that mandates an additional sell-by date. Now, the corrupting tendencies of this metropolis are well-documented, but what is it about Gotham exactly that spoils milk?
In 1998, John Gadd, a spokesman for the city’s Health Department explained the code to the New York Times as “one of those uniquely New York sorts of things.” He said that milk shipped to the city is more likely to stand unrefrigerated for longer periods before it reaches stores and also during the trip from store to home. “In other parts of the country, the expiration date is often 11 or 12 days after the pasteurization, but our experience and research have shown that here, 9 days is a reasonable threshold,” Gadd said.
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