M&S out of date meat displayed and sold

JIL

Did you throw the meat out? Or did you eat it?

I understand that M&S use by dates are a couple of days earlier than other supermarkets who go right to the wire. 
Not sure if that's true, but I'm forever buying yellow stickers from M&S and use them a couple of days later. 

I am glad you got it sorted. 

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greyteam1959 said:

M&S should install the same systems that Aldi & Lidl use.
Produce past it's Use By date is flagged up at the checkout & will not be sold to you.

How does that work? Do they use a different barcode for every date?

misimp

JIL said:

Did you throw the meat out? Or did you eat it?

I understand that M&S use by dates are a couple of days earlier than other supermarkets who go right to the wire. 
Not sure if that's true, but I'm forever buying yellow stickers from M&S and use them a couple of days later. 

I am glad you got it sorted. 

No, kept it unopened in the fridge until it was all sorted, by which time it was 4 days out so we binned it

'The boss' is very careful so she wouldn't even open it for the dog e  because the Gov website says it may be 'dangerous'

Still, I can get afford another steak in the new year now

Jumblebumble

misimp said:

JIL said:

Did you throw the meat out? Or did you eat it?

I understand that M&S use by dates are a couple of days earlier than other supermarkets who go right to the wire. 
Not sure if that's true, but I'm forever buying yellow stickers from M&S and use them a couple of days later. 

I am glad you got it sorted. 

No, kept it unopened in the fridge until it was all sorted, by which time it was 4 days out so we binned it

'The boss' is very careful so she wouldn't even open it for the dog e  because the Gov website says it may be 'dangerous'

Still, I can get afford another steak in the new year now

The reality here is that in the case of a steak you probably eat it 2 weeks over it's use by date with no ill effects and so 1 day over is really not a health and safety issue
If you bought the steak from the butchers counter in a supermarket  then my understanding is that there would be no requirement for a use  by date
I agree it is against the law and M and S are in the wrong
I would not say the same about prawns or chicken
I speak as someone who drinks raw milk which also has a warning on the bottles that it may be dangerous
The food standards agency have said they are considering extending these dates from 10 days to 21 days

Silvertabby

I'm a great fan of M&S and have never had this problem, probably because I'm a keen checker of dates while in the shop! I  accept that shops are run by humans, and that mistakes sometimes do happen - I've found a couple of things during my time  (the last being a jar of cooking sauce with a 'popped' lid)  and I've just handed them to the nearest assistant to dispose of.  

I also use the 'sniff and common sense' approach although, like Jumblebumble, am more wary of fish and poultry. 

I won't repeat what my late mother, who lived through WW2, thought of 'best by/use by' dates. 

Ectophile

I wouldn't use the sniff test on any meat products. There are some nasty organisms that don't smell bad but do poison the food.