M&S Brie & Cranberry Parcels ...

[Millie1]

Bought and frozen in December, freezing instructions state that they can be frozen for 1 month only .... should I use them now, 3 months later? Or am I asking for trouble . Opinions please!

Peronally I would use them, would think that it would only affect the quality and not the safety anyway.

(btw I am a food microbiologist and used to assess shelf lives)

Thanks Sweetkitty ... would've been too bad to throw them out - I shall take your word for it and not utter a word to DH cos he wouldn't touch them with a barge pole if he knew .

What about meat products frozen longer than the label suggests, sweetkitty? Would they be safe?

I just misread that to mean that someone used to use sweetkitty to assess shelf life .. not that in the past you assessed shelf lives .. was quite confused for a minute

pmsl @ twiglett often thought I should be sent samples to eat and assess (especially chocolate)

krabbiepatty - it isn't exact usually you have to assess all the risks and make a judgement, often things are given a shorter shelf life as the quality goes before it becomes unsafe so you could technically still eat it and be ok (it might not taste v good though).