Archive:Quick Questions on food safety / sell by / use by dates

tandraig

open it. leave it a few minutes then sniff it, if it isnt discoloured and smells ok its probably ok to use. as the vacuum packs have a longer shelf life, they often last a surprisingly long time after the best before or use by dates.

sandy71

With anything like that I just feed it to DH. If he is ok I might have some myself :rotfl:

tpsjrm

I agree, OP. I often find vac-pack bacon lurking in the dark recesses of my fridge and the sniff test has never failed. Why not kill (oops, bad choice!) two birds with one stone, and add it to that casserole. Chop it up small, fry it nice and crispy and throw it on top to cook for a couple of hours. Nothing could survive that!

robpw2

have you a pet? dogs love meat cats will go mad for quorn .....odd i know but my kitten loves it and was happily walking round the house with the quorn packet yesterday to show off his love of the quorn

mandi

Bin it , its not worth food poisioning for the sake of a couple of quid

AJ__2-2

I'd eat it... if it looks and smells okay, why waste it?

harvestmoon

Get rid!!!!
You can't risk your health! Everyone knows about the dangers of pork, bacon, gammon etc - there's money saving and money saving!!

Agapanthus

I had some of a similar age the other day. I opened it, smelt it, thought it seemed OK, fried it, tried a small bit and decided that it had a funny flavour so I binned it.

Fire_Fox

robpw2 wrote: »

have you a pet? dogs love meat cats will go mad for quorn .....odd i know but my kitten loves it and was happily walking round the house with the quorn packet yesterday to show off his love of the quorn

PLease don't give your pet bacon, it's far too high in salt.

nesssie1702

Bacon is a very highly preserved product containing lots of salt and nitrates. As a result of this, it's not one of those foods that tends to get implicated in food poisoning cases.

However, it can spoil and if it's got a shiny green sheen on it, then the spoilage bacteria have been having a party!

Open the pack and have a smell of it, if it's turning, then you'll smell it. It it smells okay, then do the cook well and taste test.

I frequently find things that have been lurking in the fridge way past their date, use them to no ill effect and haven't made anyone ill......