Food safety question


You’ll be fine. I remember seeing something where they’d found a jar of peas that had been one of the very first things pasteurised. The peas had turned into a grey sludgy mess as they were 100+ years old, but they tested them and they were safe to eat. Go for it.
 
I was just back at the cupboard going to check the cans again, knocked a.tin of beans which fell out and smashed a glass. I'd just been pouring a drink, so tipped the lot out as shards of glass would definitely kill me ffs.
I'm not having a good night am I? f***ing butterfingers :confused: :lol:
 
Good way to rat out your stomach if it is slightly off I suppose.

Would never be bothered about eating out of tins if it’s perfectly sealed after the date.

My father in law loves tinned strawberry’s. (War generation and all that)

Last Christmas he had tinned strawberry’s and ice cream for afters.

On inspection the mother in law discovered that the date on the tin was 2012 :eek:

He was absolutely fine.
 
Good way to rat out your stomach if it is slightly off I suppose.

Would never be bothered about eating out of tins if it’s perfectly sealed after the date.

My father in law loves tinned strawberry’s. (War generation and all that)

Last Christmas he had tinned strawberry’s and ice cream for afters.

On inspection the mother in law discovered that the date on the tin was 2012 :eek:

He was absolutely fine.
Gerrin 😎 ♥️
 
I regularly eat things that are past the best before date or indeed the sell by date or any other date printed on the tin.

Give it a quick sniff. If your brain tells you you’re not going to die then go for it.
 
Tinned food is pasteurised in the tin. It will last for years past the best before date as long as the tin isn't bashed or damaged in some way.

I used to work in a food microbiology lab and I'd eat it.
You'd eat the lab or the tin?

My family is nuts and they will not use bread or milk that is within a day of the sell by date, does my head in the wasteful buggers
 
Which begs the question, why date the tin in the first place?

Partly for traceability. Everything has to have a paper trail. If the manufacturer looks up that date code, they should have records of the batch of rhubarb and the supplier, the same for the other ingredients in the juice or syrup and the same for the tin can and the lid. If a problem is later found with the item itself or with any of the ingredients or the packaging, they can do a recall on all tins with that date code.

Partly for stock rotation, so the shop can sell the oldest stock first otherwise you might have years old tins lurking at the back of the shelf.
You'd eat the lab or the tin?

My family is nuts and they will not use bread or milk that is within a day of the sell by date, does my head in the wasteful buggers

Sniff and look test for me! You can normally eat bread and milk after the date if they look and smell ok.
 
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Partly for traceability. Everything has to have a paper trail. If the manufacturer looks up that date code, they should have records of the batch of rhubarb and the supplier, the same for the other ingredients in the juice or syrup and the same for the tin can and the lid. If a problem is later found with any of the ingredients or the packaging, they can do a recall on all tins with that date code.

Partly for stock rotation, so the shop can sell the oldest stock first otherwise you might have years old tins lurking at the back of the shelf.


Sniff and look test for me! You can normally eat bread and milk after the date if they look and smell ok.
Bread I would as long but not milk. Still have memories of swigging down a mouthful of out of date milk as a kid and vomiting due to the taste
 
Sniff and look test for me! You can normally eat bread and milk after the date if they look and smell ok.
I know that but try telling them that, but it goes out of date tomorrow!!!! So that is tomorrow when it will still be fresh enough to use you freakin morons
Anyone else wondering how the crumble turned out?
 
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