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

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  • bargainbetty
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    Open 'em, sniff 'em. If you don't recoil, then eat 'em. I'd be tempted to combine them with a big pile of veggies and rice and call it a curry night.

    Scrape the jelly off first...
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  • System
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    I read they are safe to eat unless the tins have got any signs of rust or seepage on them.

    I'd risk it unless i was feeding the young or the elderly.:o
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  • Farway
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    The rust is probably because you have them in the fridge, condensation forming

    Just eat them
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  • Swan_2
    Swan_2 Posts: 7,060 Forumite
    tinned stuff keeps for a lot longer than its 'date'

    I'd definitely eat them, other than in the very unlikely event they smelled bad
  • homealone wrote: »
    thanks, no. none of the tins are opened i think they ended up in the fridge as i ran out of cupboard space, anyone else around have any ideas?
    Put kettle on.
    Put pan on

    Get can opener, open tins.

    Pour it to pan.
    Stir and enjoy.

    If you do not post again, we shall always remember you and note, to ourselfs, not to eat out of date food ever again
    I hvae nt snept th lst fw mntes writg ths post fr yu t cme alng hre nd agre wth m!

    Cheers! :beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
  • Butterfly_Brain
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    We never had date codes in the seventies, and us oldies are still breathing, so it will be fine.
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  • cheekyweegit
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    Had a lovely chilli the other night with a jar of Asda sauce 2010 was the date on it.. Both me and my son were fine (I didn't tell him though).

    If it's a jar make sure the lid doesn't pop when you press it, if it does chuck it as the seal is broken.
  • zippychick
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    ill merge this with our food safety thread later

    Zip
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  • Farway
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    I had a frozen veggie roast, BBE Dec 2009 the other day, still alive
    Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens

  • If it's a jar make sure the lid doesn't pop when you press it, if it does chuck it as the seal is broken.
    Jam today, jam tomorrow.

    Jam would not last that long here.

    As homealone as not posted again, I think we can assume that it was some curry they had then, and we can expect the ...
    I hvae nt snept th lst fw mntes writg ths post fr yu t cme alng hre nd agre wth m!

    Cheers! :beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
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