How do food producers work out the best before date?

Question

Especially foods with a long shelf life. How do they know it’ll keep for 27 months or whatever?

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Answer 1

It is completely unregulated except for infant food and formula. That said, companies tend to err on the side of caution as it’s better for business for customers to throw out products that might still be edible as opposed to facing lawsuits over spoiled food.