Use by date still on shelf? 26 September 2019 at 10:34AM in Gone off! 23 replies 4.3K views

Johnjones7656

Hi there
I was in a large supermarket and they had a product on the shelf where the use by date was yesterday. I took a picture and emailed them. They’ve just emailed me back saying sorry and the manager has now been made aware. Isn’t this a criminal offence to sell food past the use by date? Could I take this further? I’m not sure what I was expecting but they don’t seem to be that bothered!

bengalknights

Will probably result in a visit from hygiene as its illegal to sell past use by date.

couriervanman

what was the item

Johnjones7656

It was bread!

unforeseen

So you took a picture and emailed it to the manager?

Did you think it might have been a better idea to actually talk to the staff at the time?

How much were you looking forward r to contact get your r distress?

Johnjones7656

I did look around for someone to talk to but there wasn’t really anyone that I thought would be interested!

stripeyfox

You told them. They've apologised and rectified the situation.

What more do you want/expect?

JAG

Bread usually has a Best Before date rather than Use By date, and it is not illegal to sell items past the Best Before date.

z1a

"I took a picture and emailed them" Really?

couriervanman

Johnjones7656 wrote: »

It was bread!

Best before not sell by

Stompa

Johnjones7656 wrote: »

I did look around for someone to talk to but there wasn’t really anyone that I thought would be interested!

On the odd occasion where I've mentioned something like that to the staff in Aldi, they move very fast to get it off the shelf.

I once found something in an Iceland chiller that was 6 months out of date, the manager literally ran to sort it out!