State mandated "Sell by" dates, good or bad?

[dead0man]

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largely an outdated and crude message. I'm not ideologically opposed to them, just in a utilitarian way they suck.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

They can be good, but only if they have some relation to actual science. If not, then a "born on" date would make better sense.

[ag]

Protectionist is bad by definition.

[DavidB.]

I am for mandating the labeling, but against prohibiting selling products that are past the sell-by date.

[Slander and/or Libel]

I think there ought to be uniformity of labeling, and an understanding of what it means. In that sense, I don't really have a problem with this, as it can be confusing to decipher what the various dates and wordings that go with them on food products are supposed to tell me.