We use a lot of items daily for our livelihood, without caring how old they are. Are they fit to take in? Just because your friend/relative has given you an item, you use it for friendship’s sake. Now onwards, before you do any such thing, just take notice of how old they are, and, are they fit to use? Here is a list of items we use regularly in our livelihood, and their corresponding Expiry Dates.
| Item | Expiry Date |
| Beer | 4 months (unopened) |
| Brown Sugar | Infinity |
| Chocolate | 1 year |
| Coffee | 2 years (unopened) |
| Soft Drinks (in plastic bottles) | 3 months |
| Frozen Dinners | 12-18 months (unopened) |
| Frozen Vegetables | 18-24 months |
| Honey | Infinity |
| Bottled Fruit Juice | 8 months(unopened) |
| 7 days (opened) | |
| Ketchup | 1 year (unopened) |
| Pickles | 18 months (unopened) |
| White Rice | 2 years |
| Soya Sauce | 2 years (unopened) |
| Vinegar | 42 months |
| Red/White Wine | 3 years from Vintage Date (unopened) |
| Fine Wines | 20-100 years |
| Alkaline Batteries | 7 years |
| Lithium Batteries | 10 years |
| Spray Paint | 2-3 years |
| Bar Soap | 3 years |
| Body/Face Wash | 3 years |
| Body Lotion | 3 years |
| Deodorant | 2 years |
| Lip Balm | 1-5 years |
| Lipstick | 2 years |
| Mascara | 2 years (unopened) |
| Mouthwash | 3 years |
| Perfume | 1-2 years |
| Shampoo | 2-3 years |
| Shaving Cream | 2 years (minimum) |
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This is great information to have. I have often wondered about a lot of these items. I will have to keep this list so that I know how long to keep things and when to throw them away.