Does anyone know if it's safe

StormWarrior

To eat prawns on the use by date, or should you eat them before?

Creamy Goodness

if they were frozen, they should be okay.

also depends on the person, myself i never eat anything if it's passed it's use by/ best before date.

Creature

Yeah they should be fine. You'd know by the smell if they're off. Just cook them thoroughly.

Rob_l

It should be fine the use by date is in most cases only a safe estimation it is safe to eat most products after this date.

And if it is todays date and they were properly refigerated and unopened there is no problem

StormWarrior

They're not frozen, they've been in the fridge and they don't require cooking.

Ciaran500

Cremo wrote: »

also depends on the person, myself i never eat anything if it's passed it's use by/ best before date.

I can understand being cautious with the use by date, but stuff just outside its best before is always perfect.

AckwelFoley

Nothing worse than the smell of old prawns.

StormWarrior

Rob_l wrote: »

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And if it is todays date and they were properly refigerated and unopened there is no problem

Are you sure? I don't want to get food poisoning today, I have an exam tomorrow! But I don't have any other food in the house and the shops are shut!

connundrum

Has there been other meat stored in the fridge with it i.e. chicken, ham etc? If so I'd lob it out.

Xavi6

'Best Before' means just that. The food is at its best up til that date. It's still grand after that, just not as good as it was.

StormWarrior

connundrum wrote: »

Has there been other meat stored in the fridge with it i.e. chicken, ham etc? If so I'd lob it out.

Nope only veg.

StormWarrior

The use by date is today though, don't they mean it can still be eaten today?

Creamy Goodness

Ciaran500 wrote: »

I can understand being cautious with the use by date, but stuff just outside its best before is always perfect.

well it all stems down to the time i shook a carton of milk from the fridge and there was very little left in it so i decided to drink from the carton.

suffice to say i got a lump of sour milk in my mouth and the date was the date that it was due to "go off", it's put me off milk since really.

StormWarrior

It's not a best before date by the way, it's a use by date. I just don't know whether "by" means by the end of that day or not.

AckwelFoley

Best before means, its best before the date but u can eat it after.


Use by means... use by this date or else dump it!

StormWarrior

But does "by" mean before or on?

Sherifu

If your still posting tomorrow i'd say it's ok.

Faith

"Use by" means the end of the day. Those dates are calculated with worst-case scenarios in mind - not being refrigerated properly etc. They should be fine. You can usually smell if they're off.

BKtje

if it smells ok, then go for it.

Not rocket science

Ross_Mahon

I wouldn't touch anything over the date, especially meat.

Overheal

anything overdue is a gamble. depending on the situation tough, meh. Nothing too perishable like meat and poultry.

flanum

so, was op able to poop through the eye of a needle this evening? brown water ftw!

StormWarrior

I didn't eat it.

BKtje

Now keep it and smell it everyday until it smells slightly off so you know what it smells like when it's gone off in the future so you don't have to ask us again

elmolesto

snyper wrote: »

Best before means, its best before the date but u can eat it after.


Use by means... use by this date or else dump it!

Erm, what snyper said