Remember the last time you walked into the kitchen with your stomach grumbling, ready to tear up a bowl of cereal.  You grab your bowl and pour your favorite cereal into it.  Next comes the milk. Hold On! The expiration label catches your eye.  Oh great...the sell by date was 2 days ago.  So you decide to take a sniff of it's freshness.  It smell fine.  The date does say sell by date so that means it's good, right

We all come across this situation several times a year.  Here is a good article discussing how to approach this issue: Food Expiration Dates: What do they really mean?

Here is a good site that adds plenty more "food for thought": ShelfLifeAdvice.com