The requirement was established principally to address the growth of LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES, which is a bacteria that has the capacity to continue growing even at refrigerated temperatures. The date marking procedure was put in place in order to make sure that the affected foods are discarded before the bacteria can initiate food borne illness.
Solving problems with science means that to solve the problem the scientific method is used. This method includes observing, research, hypothesis , test and conclusion with a help of lot high level theory.
Without science there is not strict process to follow in order to resolve the problem end get to a solution.