Out of date food

**Jon L. Obscene** · 03-10-2005, 01:08 PM

No, if it states "Sell by: " then there is a margin and can still be consumed after that date, if it says (as my food does) "Use by" that is the last safest day to consume it, and if you eat food after the "Use by" date and get sick you can't complain cos you ignored the advice on the pack.

And I agree, I don't really care if I get sick either, been sick for 6 weeks so may as well

Jonno

**Barbarossa** · 03-10-2005, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Jon L. Obscene

No, if it states "Sell by: " then there is a margin and can still be consumed after that date, if it says (as my food does) "Use by" that is the last safest day to consume it, and if you eat food after the "Use by" date and get sick you can't complain cos you ignored the advice on the pack.
Jonno

Yeah, but if for some reason the food degraded faster than expected, and you ate it at like 11:30 pm on the use-by date, and still got sick, then they'd be in trouble, so I think there'd be a good couple of days after the use-by date when it'll be OK..

I had out of sausage rolls today.. nothing to worry about, maybe some ripe farts this evening, that's all...

**Jon L. Obscene** · 03-10-2005, 01:19 PM

No, if the used by date is 10/03/05 then it's to be consumed by midnight on the 09/03/05

If the food is bad before that time then yeah.

**sArA** · 03-10-2005, 01:34 PM

The general rule of thumb I use is...if it smells ok, eat it. If not, don't....

**Jon L. Obscene** · 03-10-2005, 01:36 PM

I had a bad cold for the past 6 weeks, my sense of smell is also pretty much fucked anyway, so I can't do that.
I've been told to "Have a wiff" of a bad chicken which aparently stunk, I could'nt smell a thing.

I guess I'll find out in an hour or so.