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How careful are y'all about expiration dates?
Posted on 2/2/13 at 9:11 am
Posted on 2/2/13 at 9:11 am
I pretty much use them as guidelines, while one of my co-workers won't eat, drink, or use anything past it's expiry date. She even questions it on the day of.
I just threw out some wheat germ (unopened until today) with an expiration date of Aug. 2011. It still tasted, smelled and looked fine, but figured the nutritional value might have been compromised.
I also threw out some Caladryl lotion last week that expired in 1990. I really should look in the medicine cabinets more often.
I just threw out some wheat germ (unopened until today) with an expiration date of Aug. 2011. It still tasted, smelled and looked fine, but figured the nutritional value might have been compromised.
I also threw out some Caladryl lotion last week that expired in 1990. I really should look in the medicine cabinets more often.
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Posted on 2/2/13 at 9:14 am to Darla Hood
I smell stuff before I throw it out if it is close to the date or a few days after usually...
Posted on 2/2/13 at 9:15 am to Darla Hood
Milk is the biggie. If it says "Exp on 3-15" it's probably gone bad on 3-14.
Posted on 2/2/13 at 9:21 am to Darla Hood
the only thing im cautious about eating when it comes to expiration is dairy products
i do the smell test on meats
i do the smell test on meats
Posted on 2/2/13 at 9:26 am to Darla Hood
totally dependent on product.
I'm a smeller. Bad odor gets it thrown out.
Microbiologists friends in graduate school did a study for USDA on hamburger. found even when it was almost chocolate and smelled pretty rank that it (microbially) was OK. Of course that was back during pre Bad News E-coil days. There are bugs out there now that weren't here yet when I was at the university. As I remember back then, we wore dark blue robes with yellow stars comets and astrological signs, and tall pointed dark blue hats. Our chief research efforts involved converting lead to gold.
I get calls at work all the time concerning expiration dates. I know the product has not gone bad, but our stability testing says I must say that it is past teh expiratin date and we cannot guarantee it has not degraded.
So a word of advice - don't call the manufacturer and ask if you can use stuff past expiration. Those lawyer guys on TV want soomeone to tell you it's OK to use past the dating, because then he (the plaid jacket lawyer) wins the lawsuit when you get the runs and sue the manufacturer.
I'm a smeller. Bad odor gets it thrown out.
Microbiologists friends in graduate school did a study for USDA on hamburger. found even when it was almost chocolate and smelled pretty rank that it (microbially) was OK. Of course that was back during pre Bad News E-coil days. There are bugs out there now that weren't here yet when I was at the university. As I remember back then, we wore dark blue robes with yellow stars comets and astrological signs, and tall pointed dark blue hats. Our chief research efforts involved converting lead to gold.
I get calls at work all the time concerning expiration dates. I know the product has not gone bad, but our stability testing says I must say that it is past teh expiratin date and we cannot guarantee it has not degraded.
So a word of advice - don't call the manufacturer and ask if you can use stuff past expiration. Those lawyer guys on TV want soomeone to tell you it's OK to use past the dating, because then he (the plaid jacket lawyer) wins the lawsuit when you get the runs and sue the manufacturer.
Posted on 2/2/13 at 10:10 am to Darla Hood
I have a pretty decent nose. I give most things the smell test. Most things are fine beyond the expiration date and sometimes things fail well before the expiration date.
Once found some 10 year old Parmesan cheese in my dad's pantry. He was still using it.
Once found some 10 year old Parmesan cheese in my dad's pantry. He was still using it.
Posted on 2/2/13 at 10:32 am to Darla Hood
Not a single frick is given. The only ones I kinda follow are milk dates, and even then. I go 2-3 days past
Posted on 2/2/13 at 12:18 pm to Darla Hood
quote:
while one of my co-workers won't eat, drink, or use anything past it's expiry date. She even questions it on the day of
I'm pretty much this way because of my mother. She questions things in the month of the expiration date, and smells of everything. (She has a nose like a hound.) She's overly cautious since my brother had a severe case of salmonella when he was very young and almost died. Since then, my entire family has been rather observant about expiration dates as well as cross contamination and cleanliness in the kitchen. If it's not cleaned with bleach, it's not clean.
Posted on 2/2/13 at 1:03 pm to Darla Hood
I trust my nose on things I can smell
bread and such, eyes and feel
bread and such, eyes and feel
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