would you use an out of date whole chicken

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bought in M&S on Friday for today, didn't even check the date as normally fine in M&S but got it out of fridge today and it was use by Friday....quite annoyed as paid the full whack for a chicken that went out of daet the day I bought it.

DH says use it, it looks and smells ok....what is the risk of anything?

Not sure but M&S do this all the time!

Definitely OK if it smells OK. M and S have masses of leeway on their use by dates, IME.

If it looks okay and smells okay it is okay to eat. That's the rules we use and no-one has been poisoned yet.

Thanks, I am feeling paranoid as we have all been sick in the last 10 days (a bug that went round the family one after anohter) and it would send me over the edge if we all got sick again....! It is in the oven and think it is ok, we'll know in about 12 hours I guess ....

As above, if it smells fine and is thoroughly cooked, no problem!
Use by dates are always taken with a pinch of salt in our house, tho' am fussy about pate, cooked meats.
I'm a microbiologist irl.......

Well we all lived to tell the tale...smell test instead of use by dates from now on...!

Glad to hear you're all OK - I'd have done the same. Meat from the butcher doesn't come with a sell-by date.

If you're still peeved you could always complain to M&S though.