Chicken past best-before-date

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I bought a "roast in a bag" chicken from Tesco earlier this week, which I was going to cook tonight for dinner. But I've just noticed it's best before date is yesterday! Would you still cook it? Will we all die of food poisoning if I do? So gutted I didn't notice it before now... seems such a waste

I gather you can't open the bag slightly to check the smell? Personally I wouldn't risk it as chicken goes off so quickly.

I would say it's probably fine, if it smells and looks ok and is properly cooked through. It's only a few hours out of date really.

Good point about it only being off by some hours. I'd be worried about opening the bag incase it cooks weird but honestly worth the risk.. rather a slightly less juicy meal than a potentially catastrophic one

It'll be fine. Don't open the bag.

Yes, Id open it and smell.
Then either roast as a normal roast (rather than in the bag) or bin.

Is it really "Best Before"? Chicken is usually "Use By".

I'd open & smell if it's BB, but throw away if it's UB.

Looking at it now and it's definitely "use by" 😩