Food, best by, use by dates...

spudtator

Cook it. Eat it. You'll be fine.

rousetafarian

Does it smell of fish?

wilbanat

Yuk! You do know that is just the top bit of the mould....It starts a lot deeper inside before the green bits come.....

jenam93

Sounds like you don't deserve a bacon butty for letting it go past its best before date!!!!!

Most of the dates on food are related to shops controlling stock more than anything else.

Bacon often goes slimy when it is off, as well as stinky, though a lot depends on the way it is processed.

So open it, sniff it, feel it and if you think it is ok cook it and enjoy it

TayWax

I did not know this. And am glad I have had a look in this thread.

Now excuse me while i go and throw up 32 years worth of mouldy bread

IronGiant

Is it safe to eat that moldy bread? : Imagination Station

Doug the D

Not forgetting of course that mouldy bread tastes a bit, well, mouldy, even if you do remove the visible bits. My wife taught me this invaluable lesson not long ago when she made my lunchbox - thanks love!

BlueBattler2

I probably wouldn't risk pork and I'm surprised it's a best before not a use by.

Foebane72

To be honest, there are very few bits of visible green mould on bread a week after the sell-by date, and sometimes there's been none at all. Sometimes it comes just a few days after the date, it varies. In any case, by then the loaf will have been finished by then.

IronGiant

Does that make sense to anyone?