Why does 1000 day aged Gouda have a use by date of 30 days?

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Why does 1000 day aged Gouda have a use by date of 30 days?

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that gouda spent the last 1000 days in the perfect environment for it – as soon as it left that environment, it began to get old and die. industrial levels of packaging and refrigeration kept it stable long enough to make it to your house, but by the time you open it, slice it up, and put the leftovers in the fridge?

it’s got literally days to live. as soon as it was removed from its preferred environment, and as soon as you took it out of it’s technologically-guaranteed stasis, its days were numbered.

this is your fault, OP. you know what you have to do. don’t let its sacrifice be in vain.