Hobe Labs Essentials, Organic Jojoba Oil, 4 fl oz (118 ml)

I have recently done a comparison between this brand, Desert Essence, and Swanson's organic jojoba, and found this to be the lightest, most absorbable, with Swanson in second place. Unfortunately, Swanson just shipped me four bottles that have been sitting on a shelf for three years and 8 months since manufacture. They have a remaining 16 months before they expire, but still, who wants oil that has been sitting in a bottle for three and a half years prior to shipment? I had the same problem with Swanson brand. They recently shipped me two bottles that expire in September. They swore the product has a manufacture date, not an expiry date, but how could the product have been manufactured in September of 2013, which has not come around yet? And I can read, so I am able to distinguish between the letters "EXP" and "MFG." I will continue to buy Hobe Organic Jojoba, and highly recommend it, but I will not buy it from Swanson again.