best date=Feb. -16 -221 18:[protected] & best date=Feb-16-22 23:[protected] Always buy more than one jar at a time We love pickles Opened new jar & served OMG ... A strong chemical taste & smell No one could eat them so we opened the next jar & it has the very same strong chemical smell and taste I can't determine if a stronger preservative was used or what Nasty to smell & left aftertaste in mouth Is it the entire batch? What happened? We are now on limited income & don't want to waste our $ There are some quality we refuse to give up and getting Vlasic pickles is one of them but please see if anyone else is complaining. Maybe something went wrong in the processing