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HELP! Can I eat pork sausages one day past their use-by date?

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FootballOn · 16/09/2026 16:40

Would you eat a pack of pork sausages one day past the use by date? Have been kept in the fridge the whole time. Don’t smell weird. Getting paranoid - would you risk it or not???? Speedy responses appreciated as currently cooking them but wondering whether to bin them and start again with something else
thanks!

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Mouldemort · 16/09/2026 21:49

Trust your nose.

DreamyRedNewt · 16/09/2026 21:40

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 16/09/2026 20:07

What a lot of food you must waste.

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Not really. I definitely don't waste any meat or fish as it is expensive. I just buy it to comsume pretty much on the day or the day after. If I cannot eat it, then I freeze it.

HowardTJMoon · 16/09/2026 20:10

11AndCounting · 16/09/2026 19:40

I mean, one's obviously more culturally normal in the UK than the other, but what coherent argument for a moral distinction is there?

(I don't eat either, but wouldn't be troubled by something being mere hours beyond a use-by).

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Humans domesticated dogs at least 10,000 years ago and we've had a relationship with them so close to be pretty much symbiotic for millennia. We have selectively bred them for countless generations to enhance their ability to live alongside us to the point that many breeds have distinct and highly mobile eyebrows to increase their ability to emote in a way recognisable to humans.

By contrast, pigs can be turned in to bacon. QED.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 16/09/2026 20:07

DreamyRedNewt · 16/09/2026 18:20

No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't mind with other things but definitwly not with meat or fish. I don't even eat it on its last day.

What a lot of food you must waste.

11AndCounting · 16/09/2026 19:40

HowardTJMoon · 16/09/2026 18:20

For you, maybe. For others they're not the same at all. Isn't subjective morality fascinating?

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I mean, one's obviously more culturally normal in the UK than the other, but what coherent argument for a moral distinction is there?

(I don't eat either, but wouldn't be troubled by something being mere hours beyond a use-by).

Pingsung · 16/09/2026 19:37

They smell sweet if they have gone off and they won't have done!

evaevaeva · 16/09/2026 19:37

They’ll be fine.

The open bottle of milk in our fridge is 4 days “out of date”, but my motto is that if you have to sniff the milk more than once to determine whether it’s gone off, it’s not gone off.

LakieLady · 16/09/2026 19:27

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 16/09/2026 16:43

You'll be absolutely fine. And you'd be APPALLED to hear how far past the use by date I eat things...

Me too!

If it looks all right and smells all right, I'll eat it. And I'll happily cut mouldy bits off cheese and eat the rest, which my MIL finds absolutely horrifying.

I have cast-iron guts though. I've only ever had two stomach upsets, and one of those was proper food poisoning (campylobacter), contracted from eating in a pub that had appalling kitchen hygiene and came close to being closed down.

Thatcannotberight · 16/09/2026 19:21

Yes, we did yesterday. We are still here and fine.

MyNameIsTina · 16/09/2026 18:45

Pass the sniff test = get them ate!

CherryKerry · 16/09/2026 18:43

Personally I wouldn't, I've managed to never give myself food poisoning before and wouldn't risk changing that!

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 16/09/2026 18:41

Absolutely. If it's any help, I've got every food hygiene certificate going and have worked in kitchens for nearly 30 years.

NegativeFreak · 16/09/2026 18:39

You'll be reet!

I'd defo eat them unless they were honking when the packet is opened.

Bogstandardname · 16/09/2026 18:36

HexInductionHour · 16/09/2026 18:05

I bought some Richmond meat free in co op got them home and they had white furry spots on. Went in the bin I'm sure you would know if they're off there would be the little furry clusters on them. Just overcook them a bit perhaps but I'm sure they will be fine OP

Coop near us selling out of date milk the other day. Just met with shrug from staff when I pointed it out. Nothing to do with sausages 😀 . Hope you enjoy them.

HowardTJMoon · 16/09/2026 18:20

Sparrow7 · 16/09/2026 17:54

Morally there is no difference between eating pigs and eating dogs. I don't think one day will make any difference.

For you, maybe. For others they're not the same at all. Isn't subjective morality fascinating?

DreamyRedNewt · 16/09/2026 18:20

No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't mind with other things but definitwly not with meat or fish. I don't even eat it on its last day.

vodkaredbullgirl · 16/09/2026 18:18

FootballOn · 16/09/2026 17:52

Thanks guys! Currently eating in a casserole! I’ll report back if I throw up 😂🫣

Enjoy

nomas · 16/09/2026 18:12

They are processed to hell, of course they're fine to eat for a couple of days post expiry.

HexInductionHour · 16/09/2026 18:05

I bought some Richmond meat free in co op got them home and they had white furry spots on. Went in the bin I'm sure you would know if they're off there would be the little furry clusters on them. Just overcook them a bit perhaps but I'm sure they will be fine OP

CivilservicesuccessStories · 16/09/2026 18:00

For a pack of sausages I wouldn’t risk it

Sparrow7 · 16/09/2026 17:54

Morally there is no difference between eating pigs and eating dogs. I don't think one day will make any difference.

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FootballOn · 16/09/2026 17:52

Thanks guys! Currently eating in a casserole! I’ll report back if I throw up 😂🫣

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Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 16/09/2026 17:50

Invisablepanic · 16/09/2026 17:46

As far as I'm concerned one day out of date is still in date 😆

Producers usually build in quite a margin of error.

FunkyFringe · 16/09/2026 17:49

You'll be fine. Old sausages didn't harm Fagin and his gang of boys!

Invisablepanic · 16/09/2026 17:46

As far as I'm concerned one day out of date is still in date 😆