Check the Label for Expired Candy
April 10, 2008 by Heather R.
Filed under Chocolate, Chocolate Ideas, Chocolate Links, Chocolate News, Chocolate Pictures, Chocolate Products, Chocolate Trivia
The Consumerist had a great article yesterday on how to determine if M&M’s, Mars or Hershey candy is expired:
“For M&Ms and Mars candy, there’s usually a 10 digit code of numbers and letters, but you only need to worry about the first three. The first number is the last number in the year (8 means 2008, 7 means 2007, etc) and the next two numbers stand for the week of the year (so, a number like 804 would be the fourth week of 2008: February 2008).
“For Hershey’s candy, there’s a 2 character code for the month and year. The year …read more
