Do you consume food beyond its expiration date?

Yeah, but not necessarily... I check the expiry date of all the packed food items that I buy from the market before consuming them.. If they have already expired I prefer throwing them away.. But I do try eating them before they get expired..

No I don't. When food is beyond its expiration date, I don't consume it anymore. I am too scared to gamble my health.

I have eaten foods that the expiration date has passed. Just this past weekend I had a can of soup that expired in April. The practice of putting dates on canned foods is relatively new. Used to be you just kept canned food until the can bulged or it smelled bad when you opened it. I don't think the canning process has changed. I think we have those dates because it is another way for the government to control food manufacturers. I don't eat lunch meats or fresh meats that have expired or eggs that are pass the date,since these could harbor live bacteria.

I absolutely will not eat anything past the expiration date! I won't even eat anything past the sale by date, and it's usually okay. I'm just paranoid about that stuff. Like this morning, my husband ate a big bowl of cereal. I went to fix some and I saw that the milk's sale by date was yesterday. I wouldn't eat the cereal and my husband was trying to tell me it was okay, but I just couldn't make myself eat it anyway. I don't know why I'm like that. Ha ha. I figure the food is probably okay, but I just can't do it.

I'm quite health conscious person so if the food has expire, I would throw it away immediately. I would rather waste that food than to fall sick after eating.

one day after expiry date is still considered okay with me because i believe there is an allowance factor by the manufacturer especially dry food. it's still go into my tummy if i'm hungry....:)

No I never consume food beyond the exopiry date. I know its really dangerous to take them. I just through awy the foods that are beyond expiry date. My mother has the habit of smelling before throwing away the items. But I prefer not tio try ones taht have expired.

The expiration date on the food is the date that the stores have to pull it from the shelves, not the last date that it is safe to eat. Depending on what the food is, some things are safe to eat days after, and some much further beyond the expiration dates. We have one of our local stores that sells outdated foods. They are in a special bin that is clearly marked "outdated" and the products are marked down significantly. As long as you can use them up right away, you can get some great deals there. I have no problem with using them. Just make sure that you check them. Do you really think that a can of soup will hurt you if you eat it on Oct. 10 instead of Oct. 9? I wouldn't be afraid to eat it a few months from now. Likewise, you can smell if your milk is sour. If it smells fine, and tastes fine, I have never gotten sick from it yet and I have drank it a week or so past the expiration date. I only use the expiration dates as a guideline, not as a rule.

Of course, because it is safe. But most of the time I don't look at the expiration date because I think they must sell something which will be beyond the expiration date.

I'm afraid I might suffer food poisoning if I did not consume the food before its expiry date. It happened not long ago that one of my relatives suffered to this and she just got back from the hospital just recently and the reason for this is eating up expired canned food.

Nope not at all,hehe.I always look at the expiry date every time i pick up something and if its expired i wont even smell it.I just through it out.I got food poison a couple of times and it was nasty,so now no matter if its still good by the smell it doesnt bother me.In the garbage it goes.:)

I don't take expired product. if i do then hospital will be my home until i am healed from that sickness. But a friend of mine always kick against expired product because whnever he takes it he don't feel any thing.So the kind of his system & it makes me believe that every human beign with his or her blood system.

More food are actually inedible after they past its expiration period. Some still good. For instance, to save money, we got some canned goods free after one or two days of the expiration date. So, that really depends on.

I do eat it if it looks, smells and tastes right. I don't like to waste, there are lots of starving people in the world, so nonsense waste is a bad thing in my eye.

hay...ako 3 months ng after the expiration ng chocolate kinain pa rin nmin kc sayang e...gling pa nman abroad...besides wla nman nging bad effect...ska eventhough expired na ung chocolate, chi-neck ko pa rin ung condition ng chocolate like ung appearance at smell...then we decided to consume it kc wla nman kming nkitang bad effect..ska imported kc kaya i think mas edible ung ung mga ingredients na ginamit dun kaya safe pa rin kainin..ang alam ko kc pag imported ang chocolate 6 months after the expiry date is safe pa rin kainin...and also i think nasa itsura rin at amoy ng food makikita kung talagang safe kainin o hnd na...