Do you check expiry dates of goods before you buy it from stores?

Actually i dont just base on how an item looks to determine its quality since most store owners would always ask their merchandisers to always wipe and clean the items in their shelves so that it would look new. Sometimes even the old items are really clened up very well so that it could still be sold and sometimes they even reach to the extent of tampering the expiry dates just to sell their items rather than just throw expired items.

Thats a good info, thanks.. I was never actually aware that different countries also use different date format. I though all the while that people just change the date format intentionally to deceive buyers and making it hard to tell if the item is expired or not.

Yes, sometimes it is really just confusing that you would have to guess if it is the manufacturing date of the expiry date. But i think if there are 2 dates the later date would usually be the expiry date and the earlier date would be the manufacturing date. But the real problem is the format of the date being use, why do they have to use dates with all numbers like 010111 instead of making the dates in words like Jan1,2009. I think it would not be hard to make such small change in their dates because some people are really particular with the expiry dates of the products that they buy.

I think most people also do check unless they really have a keen sense of smell and taste to distinguish that a certain item is already expired by just looking at it or when they open it up. Most items i think that are already expired usually are harmful and could cause stomach ache depending on the item. I just try to avoid it before i regret it someday that i did not even try checking the expiry dates.

I had a cousin who took some vitamins that was expired. She didn't realize this and then she got a major stomach pain that lasted for about 24 hours. He was then known that the vitamins is what caused her to have such pains. So in alot of things a person needs to be aware of what the date is..

I guess its a hard lesson learned. I stuffs like ice creams and eggs should really be checked properly since they could really do serious damage if we eat rotten stuff like eggs and expired ice cream. I hope this does not also happen to other people. I think you could really complain to the company who sold you that ice cream and you could even get more than ice cream if proven that they were really at fault in selling you that old ice cream.

I think there are really some stores that intentionally sell expired stuff and it would even be worst if they altered the expiry date which im sure some people do before selling. I heard sometimes that you could really tell if the chocolate is expired just by the way it looks when you open it but i think if you would be giving it to kids they wont bother thinking about it since it came from a trusted person whom they also trust. I think its really much better to be careful about this especially if you would be buying things as a gift to other person especially kids.

I think medicine are really very sensitive especially when it comes to expiry because you wont know what effect expired medicines could bring your body instead of making you feel much better. We even have to be more careful especially when we give medicines to kids since their immune system is still not that strong as compared to what adults have and i think they get sick much easier since they body is also sensitive at their age.
Thanks for sharing 1anurag.

That is actually a good habit, hope you also dont have problems with the format of the expiry dates as some people encounter.