Do you eat food after its expiry date?

I do eat food after the expiration date, but I do smell it/check it first. Dairy products I am a little more careful with.

I do not consume food beyond expiration date. Often food is stale before expiration date.

The best before date is different then the expiration date and sell by date. I eat food LONG past all those dates lol the only thing I can't eat past the date is yogurt as it gives me the runs.

With all the chemicals in our foods today @Happy2BeMe , I could eat from a loaf of bread that has been expired for a full year and it would probably be just fine.

Expiration dates are just suggestions

yeah, I do.

I eat best by or before the expiration date.

It depends. There's a difference between "expiration" date and "best by" date (not to be confused with the electronics store Best Buy ). I will not use dairy or meat products after the expiration date. Canned food that says "best by" and it's a month or so past, I'll use that (as long as there's no offensive odor coming from the can when I open it).

If it is something in my fridge then usually it depends on how long after that date I still have the food but if it is in my freezer then of course I don't worry about the expiry date.

Not food, condiments, yes, I've tried expired condiments twice.

I will after it's best by date, but try to not do it if it's an expiration date

I don't have a food after it's expiry date is over. I feel it is not safe to have it. We may fall sick. So I think we should not eat the food after the expiry date is over.I would definitely throw it away.

I certainly do ...Yogurt for example I find is just fine a week or more after the " best by " date ....Like Jennifer says , a good sniff tells the tale .... Things with Eggs in them and meat, very rare I would though , I gotta be really hungry and the fridge and cupboards empty!!

It depends on what it is. Having been brought up in the West Indies where we scraped ants from the sugar and sieved creatures from flour I do know food lasts a lot longer than stated on packs . Some packs are "Best Before" while others are " Use By". I ever eat meat beyond the use by date but many things like dried fruit and tinned stuff is fine for a month or so beyond the date.

It depends on what the food is. I may or may not eat it.

It depends of the food. For a yogurt, I do not care about the date, if it is a piece of meat, I do not eat it.

depend on what type of food I get.

@LoriAMoore @Happy2BeMe @JohnRoberts @infatuatedbby @Courtlynn @rubyriaz007 In Germany, charities get food from supermarkets when the expiry date has come. It's perfectly ok for some more days, also dairy products. You could feed the starving people of the world with the food that's thrown away in developing countries by uninformed people.

I will eat it if it's canned stuff or packaged sweets. With meat and dairy I never take the risk.

I agree with you for me also it will depend on which food it is. I think i have a sensitive stomach so I do watch what I eat.