Expired cheese ok to eat?

[onmyfeet]

Unopened wheel of brie in the fridge, just noticed it is dated best before Nov. 8, 2010. Still good right?

[GotArt]

I'd toss it if it isn't pasteurized.

[onmyfeet]

It says pasteurized milk.

[nooka]

I'd taste it and see - if it's a packaged cheese it's highly unlikely to be unpasteurized. Cheese from a cheese counter doesn't come packaged and so doesn't have a sell by date, so I doubt it's totally critical. But Brie really shouldn't be kept in the fridge (pedant! )

[onimolap]

Yes: you say it's a " best before" date - that's advisory, not a food safety (which would be "use by".

[NoahAndTheWhale]

I would open and consider. I imagine it would be fine tbh

[onmyfeet]

Thanks, I will open it tomorrow.