Once opened use immediately!

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What's the deal with this type of food packaging?

Say I have a tray of 4 chilled battered fish fillets. They are suitable for freezing so long as on the date purchased/stated.

I would like to take 1 out and freeze the rest immediately. So If I open the plastic, sealed pack, am I not allowed to do this? Do the other 3 head to the bin, or do I run outside seeing if anyone in the street fancies a spare fish fillet?

Is it a ploy to make you purchase more than you need, or can we actually just separate the damn fish in an economical fashion? I would have to open the pack to get one fillet out, so If they all have to be eaten immediately, they can forget it.

If you cook rice from scratch you cook as much or as little as you like and it's much cheaper and tastes so much better.

We use the packets in our camper van. I cook from scratch at home but the OP wanted to use them.

Has anyone looked at the labels on the big family sized blocks of cheddar cheese? Use within 3 days of opening it says, how would that be possible unless you're eating cheese for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Also, just why would it need to be used that quickly with a BB Date of 3 months ahead?