Chicken past sell by date?

BESman

I have a pack of cooked chicken (the type for sandwiches) and its just gone four days past sell by date. This packet is unopened and has been in the fridge the whole time. Is it safe to fry this thoroughly? Smells ok-ish but not sure.

The Hill Billy

You can see it, smell it, taste it. You decide.

Edit:
We (the Food & Drink mods) feel it is unsafe for posters to accept advice from random people on the internet about food & drink products which they cannot see, smell, touch. Furthermore they would not know the conditions which the item had been stored by either the retailer or consumer.

You said yourself "If I was able to decide myself based on the smell or otherwise then there would have been (and clearly was) little point in posting the question." So, how would you think that someone af the end of an internet connection would be in a better position than yourself to decide if it was safe to consume the chicken?

If any advice was given & subsequently taken after which you or another poster became ill - it would potentially leave boards.ie liable. It is my duty as a moderator of these fora to protect boards.ie from this happening.

Closed.

tHB