Storing Fresh Fluid Milk: Milk should not be left out at room temperature. Pour milk to be used into a serving container and return the original container to the refrigerator. Do not return unused milk that has been sitting out to its original container where it could contaminate the remaining milk.
As long as it is stored in a cool, dry place, dried pasta can last years after its expiration date. Fresh pasta, on the other hand, does contain water, and spoils more easily, but it can still be good past its date as well (about two to three weeks, usually, as long as it doesn't have a spoiled odor to it). 4. Bread
So, the short answer is, yes, you can eat canned foods that have expired, because the 'expiration date' is not an expiration date at all, but simply a best-by date or a sell-by date. The date on the bottom of most canned foods is therefore not something with which you need to concern yourself.