Would you eat bacon use by 9 July?

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Just that. Really fancy some but it’s three days out of date. Pack is unopened

Definitely. Bacon lasts!

Yup.

Yes definitely

No. Only because I did this recently and couldn’t decide if it smelt off or not. It may not seem like it but I hate throwing food away.

I go by the maxim of if it's not 3 weeks out of date, sealed and looks and smells fine I'll use it. It's crammed full of preservatives.
If it's in date and smells, I won't use it.

If it looked and smelled okay of course I would. Would also probably aim to use it all up today though if I was aware it was already past the date but that’s never a problem in this house! Once someone smells bacon all of a sudden everyone is in the kitchen 😂

How wasteful. If you can’t tell then it smells fine - you would definitely know if it smelt off! The bacon would have been completely safe to eat.

It’s one of the most processed meats and has a ton of preservatives - a sealed pack that’s been properly refrigerated will be absolutely fine. Most unopened processed foods last waaaay longer than the date on the pack.

Why don’t you trust yourself to identify whether something’s ok to eat? Off bacon is very obvious - stinks, gets slimy, that kind of iridescent sheen, rotten/sweet smell.

If it looks and smells normal and edible it most likely is, and should be perfectly safe unless you have health issues that mean you need to be more careful.

I would.

You can tell if it's off by looking at it-if it's not green and slimy I'd eat it

What a waste.

Yep

No way.
I don't eat anything past the date simply because the worry of potentially making myself ill would completely stop me enjoying eating it.

It's bacon. One of the most highly-preserved foods there is. Stored in an unopened pack, in the fridge.

£17 billion of food wasted every year by households in the UK alone.

i would if it had been in the fridge and smelt ok. Off topic but it does make me laugh when you buy something like chorizo where the description says it’s been aged for something like 24 months and then tells you it has a 3 week use by date!

I don't even like bacon and I'd eat it, what a waste of perfectly good food

What would you do without dates??

It's just so wasteful, and costly, to chuck everything away without checking. Cured meats, cheese, yogurts, eggs, anything beef, veg, anything tinned or bottled, frozen, you can eat waaayyyy beyond use by dates.

Chicken and fish need to be eaten fresh, apart from that.... Use your senses.

3 days over, unopened and had been stored correctly? Of course. Since when did we all get so scared?

Exactly, people don't seem to be able to think for themselves. Then you get people moaning about their food bills and how much they're spending on food - stop wasting it.

I would definitely have eaten it (unless it looked/smelt off).

Without dates I would buy and eat everything fresh.
I am very conscious of using food within its date so its rare to have to throw any away for that reason, but I absolutely do if necessary.
Obviously I use my common sense with best before as opposed to use by dates.

study it for green, open it, sniff it, cook and sniff while cooking.

As long as it looks fine. If it's been opened and is going green, then obviously not.

Yep.

If it has been in the fridge and looks and smells and feels fine, then use it! The whole point of bacon - brining and curing - is that it's a way to preserve meat.

Go by your own good judgement, not a use by date. If something was in date but clearly off, you wouldn't eat it just because of the label. No need to waste food unnecessarily.

If it looked & smelled normal, yes I would eat it and I regularly do eat food a few days out of date.

I completely ignore ‘best before’ dates & treat ‘use by’ dates as a guide to apply common sense. Isn’t this what most sensible people do?