How do things expire once you open them/ expose them to oxygen when they clearly had to be exposed to air before being sealed?

Question

Like milk goes bad a week or two after opening it but if you don’t open it, it will stay good until the expiration date? Like yogurt, sour cream, shredded cheese. All those things. I’m confused

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Answer 1

Different reasons. Many things are packaged in environments without oxygen – eg in nitrogen gas. Other things are heated after they’re packaged. You can avoid contamination in different ways, or at least minimize it.