Would you eat chicken 1 day over use by date?

[chilliismyhero]

Sealed in a pack, diced chicken from Waitrose. Use by date was yesterday! Would you cook it tonight?

Yes. I've done it many times. Sniff and sight test first.

Yes, definitely. If it looks and smells okay, it's fine.

If it smells ok, it will be ok. Off chicken smells bad very quickly.

Yes, absolutely. It's not really that different from defrosting chicken that you'd put in the freezer on its use by date (iyswim!). You'll know if it's gone off when opening the packet.

Yes unless it smelled.
My fridge is definitely colder (3 degrees) than the recommended temp. I've eaten it 2-3 days later and we've been fine.
(DH currently eating yogurts that expired Dec. That's mad and he will only have himself to blame when he gets sick)

There’s always a few days leeway for safety’s sake, so yes, and I have done so!

Yes, of course.

When chicken goes if, it is clear, from the smell.

Unless the yoghurts were visibly mouldy or fizzy they will be fine too!

The advice these days is to use the dates as a guide but look and smell to make the call. It's usually fine if stored in a fridge the whole time for a few days after.

Wow looks like I am an over worrier on this one (no surprise to me!). I am always super strict about use by dates but don’t worry about best before dates at all. It’s good to know others are less strict and lived to tell the tale

If it smells ok yes. You would know very quickly if it was off.

It's not that long ago that there weren't any dates on foods at all and people were just fine.

Chicken is one food I wouldn’t, but I’m particularly fussy with chicken.

It is wise to be more cautious about use by dates as they are about food safety (BB dates are about taste quality) but a day or 2 after is usually OK for use by dates (subject to the sniff test!). It's not like the bacteria come out to play the moment the clock chimes midnight on the relevant date!

No, but I would eat other meat. I have a weird mental NO with chicken if it’s a day late.

Yes of course!

I can and do eat stuff well past the sell by date or use by date. I check that there's no smell, keep stuff either frozen or in the fridge, and cook thoroughly. I have yet to have any problem.

My adult kids, on the other hand, will throw away food as soon as the date on the packet is reached. I don't know where I went wrong with them (given that my eldest once ate some sausages she found at the back of the fridge that had been out of date for WEEKS and was fine).

Yes if it looks and smells ok

Once I open up a pack of chicken breasts I transfer what's left into a Tupperware box so I just know it's going to be out of date by the time it's my next weekly shop so either freeze it or cook it

Nope.. not chicken or fish.

No I wouldn’t

Yep

Nope not chicken.

We did tonight!

I'll let you know if there's consequences, but I doubt it very much.

If I ate meat yes, I used to test chickens for pathogens in a chicken processing plant, we had to guarantee that all meat was safe to eat 48 hours after the use by date. This was to make sure it was very fresh on the use by, but also so long car journeys home etc meant the use by date was still suitable.

Ate some 2 days past best before just this week. we were fine luckily!!