MIL gave 8 month old out of date Ashton’s teething powder!

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I just looked at the box and says Feb 18!

Do I need to panic? He had one sachet.

Is it use by or best before? If it's best before then quality may deteriorate but it won't be dangerous

I'm sure it will be fine, just don't use any more of it.

@dementedpixie it just says exp: then the date!

It's just powdered lactose ie sugar. It can't turn into anything dangerous.

No you don't need to panic.

It's a sugar powder. it's not going to go off.

Looks like it's plant extracts and sugar so nothing that would cause issues

It is totally fine. As others have said.... it is literally just pure sugar.

Yeah, it's just sugar. No idea why people give it to babies tbh. It doesn't do anything.

Yeah, I wouldn't worry, it's only sugar. Funny story, my baby got addicted to this stuff. Needed a sachet before he'd go to sleep, a bit like you'd need a teddy. We had to go cold turkey It really is crack for babies.

That's barely a year, it might have gone a bit clumpy, nothing more. I've got some olbas oil I inherited that went out of date in 2000, still fine. I'd be more concerned your mil isn't giving your child something to help the pain of teething, as above it's just sugar and doesn't contain any active ingredients.