expired food

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Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 18 Dec 20

While going through my cupboards. All the way in back I found a bag of Chex mix but no one will be eating them. Guess how long they've been there? Since 2007. Yuck!

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expired food

nawala @nawala123 (20871) • Indonesia 18 Sep 20

In many developing countries, many people still buy and eat expired food. This is sad, but the problem of food shortages is still a serious problem in many countries, including my country. Even though the government has tried to...

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We were given frozen smoked salmon that expired a long time ago

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52218) • Staten Island, New York 11 Feb 20

Hubby and I went to his parents' house Sunday and ended up staying for dinner. Before we left, his mom gave us some food related stuff to take home. I didn't even see what she packed for us. When we came home and hubby unloaded...

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Eating up what's in the pantry

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 22 Mar 19

I have about a month's worth of canned, dried or packaged food on hand in case of emergencies (in our case, earthquakes would be the most likely-- our government tells us to have at least three days' but in 2011 we discovered that...

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Have you eaten an expired food before? If not, will you?

chiyochan @chiyosan (30186) • Philippines 19 Aug 18

Okay, so yesterday, I cooked hotdogs and mom and I ate it with a loaf. it was kind of tasteless so we took out the mayonnaise in the fridge and finished eating. Mom said the mayo doesn't taste delicious anymore and will not buy...

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Food Poisoning

mammots @mammots (3209) • Philippines 10 Apr 13

Staphylococci bacteria grows on food most commonly dairy products or cooked meat and fish, releases a toxin that can reduce a victim to a state of shock in a few hours but the attack passes off relatively quickly. Salmonella...

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Expiration Dates

ravinskye @ravinskye (8237) • United States 3 Nov 08

Do you eat food that is past the expiration date? How far past the date are you willing to go? My mother in law gave us a bunch of canned food that she cleaned out from her house. Everything was expired! One can, I kid you not,...

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"Salvage Stores" subject of newspaper article today..

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 11 May 08

Have you ever shopped at one? I think I have but it wasn't called a salvage store. Some of the food wasn't expired, just dented or the box was torn. Would you buy expired food? I never have, it would make me a little afraid....

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What's the Expiration dates/codes on canned food?

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17797) • United States 26 Apr 08

Can't find any other category to put this, so hopefully this category can help.... when shopping for groceries - like canned goods specifically - they used to have (and a few brands still do) the expriation date on the top of...

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Food with coded expiration dates..!!!

ArienKing @ArienKing (4647) • India 28 May 07

Should it be illegal for foods and other perishable items to be stamped with coded expiration dates?] Once, when my friend was working at a large drug store chain, he found some snack items that had been expired for over a month....

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Do you look at the expiration date?

firecracker @sacmom (14192) • United States 9 May 07

Even though stores tend to do a good job in stocking fresh items (at least where I go, they do) do you look at the expiration date. It could be food (like milk, butter, meat, etc), or other items like batteries. I usually look...

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Donated Food that's Expired/Opened Food

CinnamorollTK @CinnamorollTK (262) • United States 5 Apr 07

DONATED FOOD THAT'S EXPIRED Many times, food that is donated to the poor turns out to be expired. I want to know who's bright idea it was that expired food would be good enough for poor or homeless people. They can get sick, too!...

Expired food

RealBored @RealBored (124) • United States 3 Mar 07

Throughout my whole life, I have eaten many expired food, and I think I have never gotten sick from it, but I just want to know, have you ever eaten expired food?

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