I submitted a request to Classico for your code. I'll let you know.
As a closeout foods dealer I learned that 99% of code dating is voluntary and not required by law. There are a few exceptions, like baby formula, where they are required to put a date on the product.
Most code dates, or 'best if used by' dates are there simply to guarantee flavor, texture, and the presence of the full nutritional content that is printed on the nutritional label. After that date, the manufacturer is not liable for the nutritional content, as with most foods it degrades over time. The product is still safe, but the nutritional content may be slowly depleted to a level that does not jibe with the label.
I know of a major brand of bottled fruit juice that takes entire truckloads of their expired product (on pallets, as it never got shipped from one of their distribution warehouses) and re-processes and re-bottles it and sells it with a new code date. It's perfectly safe, but I would guess they don't want the public to know that they are drinking apple juice that is over a year old!
I once bought bags of frozen shrimp (major brand) that had been in a cold storage facility for 8 years. The paper trail was immaculate and the product had never been moved since entering the facility 8 years prior. It was being held in its original packages/cases at -20ºF, so it was practically in suspended animation! I drove across two States to get to the warehouse and test the product myself before shipping a frozen sample to my buyer. It was as good as the day it was first shipped! The buyer was a "group feeder" so they didn't care about the expiration date, since their customers would never see it.
So, unless there are green beans in that pasta sauce (a NOTORIOUS quick-spoil, and a dangerous one at that!), and I'm pretty sure there isn't, you should be fine. Even it if is a couple of years out of code.
