Sold out of date food

born_again

jonesey1985 said:

I can't believe the responses to the OP here.  People should be ashamed of themselves.

OP, your reaction was reasonable and balanced given the severity of the situation, although I suspect you haven't gone far enough. You really need to chuck everything in the bin.  The bags, the cupboards, the fridge, the house and yourself.  You can never be too careful.

Then take Iceland to court to reimburse you for your losses.

Stay safe.

So Op throws away a lot of food as 1 pear was mouldy, because they could not look at tbe dates on the packets.

Crazy.

Food lasts as long as it lasts. Just ignore the dates on the packets on fresh food & actually look at how it is...

Potatoes from supermarket has a display by date on them. Just because it is past that date does not mean you have to thrown them away.
We have a big sack of potatoes from a farmer, who supplies supermarkets in the garage that lasts most of the winter...

user1977

born_again said:

jonesey1985 said:

I can't believe the responses to the OP here.  People should be ashamed of themselves.

OP, your reaction was reasonable and balanced given the severity of the situation, although I suspect you haven't gone far enough. You really need to chuck everything in the bin.  The bags, the cupboards, the fridge, the house and yourself.  You can never be too careful.

Then take Iceland to court to reimburse you for your losses.

Stay safe.

So Op throws away a lot of food as 1 pear was mouldy, because they could not look at tbe dates on the packets.

Crazy.

Whooosh....

mikb

TELLIT01 said:

we have a friend who takes any date on packaging as meaning it's not safe to consume after that date,

Whatever you do, make sure they never find out how to read the (often 4 digit) date codes for "When this was tinned/packed" as they are *always* in the past. By definition.

Ergates

jonesey1985 said:

I can't believe the responses to the OP here.  People should be ashamed of themselves.

OP, your reaction was reasonable and balanced given the severity of the situation, although I suspect you haven't gone far enough. You really need to chuck everything in the bin.  The bags, the cupboards, the fridge, the house and yourself.  You can never be too careful.

Then take Iceland to court to reimburse you for your losses.

Stay safe.

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.   It's the only way to be sure.

IvanOpinion

Just had a tin of Heinz Ravioli for tea tonight.  The date on it was 2015, I really must reorganise my cupboard.

jonesey1985

IvanOpinion said:

Just had a tin of Heinz Ravioli for tea tonight.  The date on it was 2015, I really must reorganise my cupboard.

Better throw it in the bin, and as you've eaten it, you need to go in there too.

IvanOpinion

Not enough room in the bin with all the fruit there