Have you ever consumed an expired product?

Expiration date doesn't mean the food is expired or soiled already. But the product is start deteriorating or the quality start losing. Some expiration date starts it has an allowance before it official get expired.

I have no problem eating out of date foods. If it looks ok and smells ok I will eat it. I have eaten foods several years past the date it supposedly is able to be consumed. I live alone and some things simply cannot be consumed within the time given. Something that is used just a little but comes in a large sized container is impossible to use within the time. I'm still alive and still healthy. I think that use by dates and so on are to make us replace products and most of the time there is nothing wrong with the stuff.

Oh really? Maybe the food she ate was not not yet ready to expired and the notification she saw on a package might be mistaken. I don't know. If it expires, it usually tastes bad and the smell is aweful. Maybe the written date was mistaken for the first time.

Often the "sell by" date is just that - the last date it's recommended a product be sold, so it can be consumed in a period not too long after that. Eggs - the sell by date stamped on a carton - eggs are still good for a couple of weeks after that date. It is basically the last recommended date to sell a product. Now, if a product is stamped "best by such and such date" - it means just that - it is best if used by that date. Any food that can spoil, such as fresh milk, yogurt, or some cheeses, should be used by the stamped date - or within a day or two after the date. today, there are milks, such as lactose free milks, that stay good for two months or more. Almost anything can be frozen for a certain amount of time and then consumed past the sell by date - such as meats. with canned goods, the danger is in botulism. Always make sure that canned goods past the expiration or sell by date aren't bent or damaged - the can that is - somehow. If it is, toss it.

Hi friend, i never take this kind of expired food, it is not good for our health, surely it will give some unwanted side effects. Sad to hear about your friend's activity. Hope she don't get any issue with it. Drinking coke is not a good thing and it will give some other unwanted health problems, since coke drinks contains a lot of unwanted chemicals.

one time when we were kids, my parents bought siopao but it was off so nobody touched them. my brother ate them and didn't notice anything so i always teased him about it. i have a sister who always sends "expired" stuff. she bought them but forgot to use them. but when we open them some are still good. it's the same way with medicine. they will still work. but if there is a tear in the packaging and it's discolored, of course it's better not to take them. my friend, though, had a strange reaction to peanut brittle. there was one in their office pantry that's been there for a while. when she ate it, she had a violent reaction that they rushed her to the hospital. she never had any negative reaction from peanuts before. her officemates said she looked scary.

I have, most canned goods are still good for over a year. I would just be careful when opening.

i might have unknowingly. sometimes, in one's hunger, the instinct was to eat what is available. i might have eaten bread that was expired, or viand that was in the ref for days, who knows. it's good that these instances did not result to anything bad.

The product said it's best before. So i suppose it means we can consume it days after that, chiyosan. Well, as long as when you smell it it doesn't smell bad and when you bite it, it's still good , i think you can still eat it. Maybe it would be best if you let her take a medicine that can make her go to the CR to defecate!

Well,as for me,I will check the expiry date when I want to eat something,and for your friend's case,just a one time thing will not cause big problem,but she should change this habit definitely.

i once ate a packet of biscuits that had expired and did not find them tasting any different and am glad i didnt get any reaction like a bad tummy.i think i may have used many other expired things since am not very keen on checking expiry dates.

Dry food usually lasts longer than its expiry date. If it is not stale then it is still edible. I have eaten expired biscuits at times and no problem :)

Nowdays,the problem of food safety is more and more serious in China. We have to pay more attention to the date of its validity.One time when my friend also was in the same situation as your friend's.But unluckily,she had the stomachache soon.She was sent to the hospital and thank godness,there was nothing serious with her finally. I check about the expiry date when I buy something in the supermarkets or eat something which has been kept for some days. Take care.Have a nice day.

Oh well, I always check the expiration date to avoid getting poison. Safety first. I don't like my tummy to get upset.

I have consumed food beyond the expiry date on many occasions. The dates are added to comply with legislation, which means that for many years we bought food products and the onus was on ourselves as to when to classify them as unfit to eat. The dates are always very conservative and there is no problem eating food items beyond the specified time. I tend to treat the dates as a guideline rather than a definitive measure, and I allow a certain period afterwards depending on the product in question. You will find a "best by" date on cheese, but there is very little that can go wrong with it. It may develop a hard rind or even mould, but it will not go off.

We have some things that are expired. Like chocolate and random things that the expiration doesn't really matter. If it's milk or something that could give us food poisoning or make us sick I make it a point to throw it away. Some things won't make you sick so it doesn't matter. My parents drink sour milk and they haven't gotten sick from that yet. I find it disgusting yet if you think about it a few of the things we already eat are made from spoiled milk.

Yes I have taken food that is expired not knowing of course. I did not get sick or anything, and just like your friend it did not taste or smelled bad that's why I thought it was still good. I searched the net on the effects of expired food and I found out that there is a grace period of a t least a few months before it really turns bad. But for your own good don't eat expired food, just to be safe always look at the label.

no not at all.if i see the expired or used up tagline or i feel its old ,i will just throw it away,First safety is needed or else we will end up using it more and getting so many complications

Many times, I have done that. Like soups and veggies in a can. Even though they had a date they were not bad.

There's a difference between 'best before' 'sell by' and 'consume by' dates. The best before is advisory and eating it after that date shouldn't do you any harm unless the product is clearly 'off'. 'Sell by' is more for the store's guidance. The 'consume by' is the one to be most wary of. If you're tempted to consume something after that date be very careful. General rule is that if it smells bad it almost certainly is bad though there are exceptions - some cheeses smell prety awful from day 1. Don't be tempted to eat food by scraping off traces of mould. If bread, for example, has a touch of mould in the corner, the spores from the mould growth will have permeated what looks like OK bread in the remainder, even though you can't see where the bacteria have taken hold. I've often eaten food after the best before and sell by dates without any ill effects, but always after careful checking by sight and smell! If in doubt, throw it out!