We test the shelf life, presumably of all of our products, but in the lab specifically, we test the shelf life of our ESL gable top carton products, namely milk and a couple of kinds of soy. (Also 4oz products recently, but that's another story.)
The company is currently doing a study to determine if we can extend the shelf life another five days. Basically that means that for however long they are studying, we are supposed to check the taste, odor and pH of a carton of milk per side per filler per flavor per codedate exactly 65 days after production.
Our shelf life test cartons are stored in the lab cooler. There are sections for each shift, but beyond that, cartons are basically put anywhere and then things are piled on top and it becomes a chore to find them 65 days later. People also tend to see all these cartons of milk and think, "ooh, I could use some 2% right now..." and the cartons disappear or sit open and half empty until testing. Ew.
Last night, MH and I (mostly her) organized the ESL shelf life.
We threw out overdue cartons, paired up same flavor same code, put everything on the correct shelves and put them in order by date.
It was about two full hours in a refrigerator. Awesome.
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