Expired tinned tuna - to eat or not to eat?

[BellesAndGraces]

It’s the type in spring water and in a plastic fridge pot rather than can. No signs of damage to pot and no swelling of the pot. Smells like tuna. BBE was August ‘24. Would you eat it?

Yes I would.

If in a can, then yes. But not in a plastic pot

If you are homeless and without access to food banks or emergency shelter, I would go for it.

Neither apply to me but I have a food budget and hate food waste.

This is what I was thinking.

I think this as well. Plastic isn’t completely airtight like a can.

Dh hates my blasé attitude to out of date food but even I would bin this.

Sorry, I was being facetious and not responding fully to your question. Food waste is bad. The chances of you becoming ill and even dying from a pathogen in the tuna are very low but still not zero. So the odds are low but the potential downside is very high. In this case, if my other option was going hungry I would eat the tuna, but otherwise I would not risk it. There are some really nasty bugs like clostridium which could be present in tuna, especially given a plastic container. Also the bugs which cause spoilage and the bugs that cause sickness and death are not the same, so tuna can look, smell and taste fine but still be poisonous. Best to avoid.

I wouldn't eat it. A relative was very ill after eating out-of-date tuna.

I wouldn't, not in one of those fridge pots. Might do if it was canned

Alright, thanks all, I’ve binned it. Cheese on toast for lunch instead!