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Sometimes expiration dates refer to when enough plastic from the packaging has decayed into the food material that it might be a problem. Bottled water works that way.
I don't know:
But it's not automatically crazy for there to be an expiration date on an immortal product if it comes packaged up in plastic.
While I've always thought that, I've also heard that it's the point where the plastic may not be reliable enough to contain or keep the contents uncontaminated. Either way, it's the plastic.
You would think that the abrasive nature of the salt would shave off more plastic than the plastic breaking down. I guess you need to keep track of how many earth quakes you get and how much you shake the container when you get salt.
Now I am just annoyed not everything has a plasticless alternative packaging
And to think of how mad everyone got when everything was packaged in those 'heavy' glass bottles and jars, and manufacturers started putting everything into plastic because the glass was creating too much litter on the roads. Now here we are 30 years later and everyone is being killed by plastic.
Fixed. It's always about profit.
It's also lighter weight and thus cheaper to ship... But they promised that you totally couldn't tell the difference in taste to food products! (Everybody could tell the difference)