Best if Used By... date?

[sovetskii13]

My mom went food shopping about a week ago. She saw some cereal she wanted to try and bought it. Today (one week later) I thought about trying it. Out of curiosity I looked at the recommended date to eat it by and it said "April 1, 2015". I was like " What? Is this some April Fool's joke?". From my experience when buying cereal the date it's recommended to be eaten is usually about 6 months after I buy it. How long after the recommended eat or use by date can a food product be on the store shelf for?
This is just weird.

[JackKerouac77]

I don't really pay attention to it, because processed foods usually have some sort of stabilizer that makes them last quite a while.

But if you do get sick, you can always sue the company for free product/money even if you ate it past the sell by date. They will give you something to keep you quiet.

[LostWonder94]

If I spend some money on some cereal, I don't care if that shet expired April 1, 2013. I am eating that, ain't nobody got time to be wastin money.

[Littlett25]

Lmaoooo

[BumbleDeev]

If it was something like milk or yogurt then I wouldn't eat past the date. Since it's just cereal I wouldn't worry about it

[beautifulangel76]

Cereal shouldn't really go bad unless you let it get stale.

[CanadianMaple]

I'd still eat it... close enough!