I was sold food that is past its use by date

giraffe69

I'd eat it!

davidmcn

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

True but 3 days past the use by date might be pushing it a bit for something containing meat if it was just chilled and not a frozen product.

Where's your sense of adventure? Just nuke it in the microwave, it'll be fine. Probably has hardly any meat in it anyway.

waamo

davidmcn wrote: »

Where's your sense of adventure? Just nuke it in the microwave, it'll be fine. Probably has hardly any meat in it anyway.

Indeed. As long as you give it long enough to kill off any strain of equine flu in it you should be fine.

maisie_cat

Was the best before date not obvious on the packaging? because that is a problem.
Other than that, you bought something out of date, you didn't notice, the shop staff didn't notice and nobody died.

unforeseen

waamo wrote: »

Indeed. As long as you give it long enough to kill off any strain of equine flu in it you should be fine.

Are they still using horsemeat in pies & burgers?

waamo

unforeseen wrote: »

Are they still using horsemeat in pies & burgers?

Allegedly not. They never claimed to be in the first place though.

owen_money

What if a small child had eaten some, please think about the children

macman

Call the Cottage Pie Careline: the number will be on the packaging.

Aylesbury_Duck

macman wrote: »

Call the Cottage Pie Careline: the number will be on the packaging.

The number is 31415926535. Ask for Sir Cumference, Ray Dians or Di Ammetter.

Les79

I had this happen once...


A local food outlet regularly stocked food items in their vending machines but weren't proactive in checking the items regularly. It was often the case that the "use by" date was exceeded, sometimes by 3-4 days.


I complained to the vendor a few times about this (I regularly saw people buying and eating said items). They ignored me (they stated that I was mistaken and had mis-read the "best before" label).


I then reported them to the local regulatory body. They very swiftly corrected the problem when a "random" check was conducted by the regulatory body.


I also once had a problem exchanging an out-of-date can of pepsi with this vendor as they accused me of switching cans! Like I'd be bothered going through the trouble of that!


Moral of the story is, go and get your refund/replacement if the item has exceeded the "use by" date and give them hell IF they give you some hassle. AND don't shy away from considering reporting them to any local regulatory body too, because it does help other people who may buy said food items without realising.