Finland's dumpster-diving chemistry teacher: "Best before dates are just recommendations"

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[MotorCityBuck]

I say “If you just eat M&M's you don't have to worry about no expiration dates.”

[Paladin2]

Time is money.

Hopefully most peeps have better things to do than dumpster dive.

If not, we are in trouble Yugely.

[SaveFerris]

[”Best before dates are just recommendations”]

And generally that is true.

Dairy products, fish and chicken are things one SHOULD watch, though.

I’ve had a lot of canned goods way beyond “Best by” dates - a year or more - they were just fine to consume

I ALSO had a jar of green olives WELL WITHIN the “best by” date - molded - it was replaced immediately by the store no charge (a very rare exception)

[blackdog]

My local Family Dollar lost its display cooler. 300 dozen eggs were being trashed. I asked if I could buy them at a discount, and was told they had to be destroyed. Eggs don't need refrigeration.

I came back after dark and got three dozen to give to a friend in need.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Once I found 10 pounds of butter just discarded in a supermarket dumpster. It was one or two days past expiration.

[pnut22]

Disagree. Unwashed eggs don’t need refrigeration. American eggs have a protective coating washed off. A few days out might be fine, though.

[katana]

Smell By is more accurate than Sell By. And it works both ways. Unexpired foods aren’t necessarily safe.

[mikey_hates_everything]

This time of year in Finland, it’s like rummaging through someone’s freezer for recently expired stuff. There’s an excellent chance that it’s still ok.

[I want the USA back]

But he can’t possibly know how the items were stored, or if they were exposed to things he wouldn’t eat.

[heavy metal]

local roadways produce different varieties of fresh ground meat...

[blackdog]

Yes, I raise my own chickens. Just saying by large.

[Paladin2]

“Finland.......someone’s freezer....”

I’m gonna say that you are NOT wrong....

[And we recently “survived” a couple of days where the F thermometer didn’t get into positive territory.]

[SkyDancer]

Honey found in some Egyptian tombs was found to be still perfectly edible, after several thousand years.

[Jonty30]

Yes, he is correct. Although the food itself will vary in it’s level of safe-to-eat-after-expiry-date, most foods are good for a day or two afterwards.

I wouldn’t want this normalized, however.

[Jonty30]

They want to normalize it for the coming surveillance state, so they can reduce what they give us to survive.

[NorthMountain]

Dairy products, fish and chicken are things one SHOULD watch, though.

True of other meats as well.

If it smells bad, it IS bad.

And that's why I don't eat anchovies regardless of "expiration date".

[SaveFerris]

[And that’s why I don’t eat anchovies...]

You could have stopped there LOLOLOL (no offense)

A bunch of us (teenagers) pooled our money for pizza

oops - anchovies lol

I never tried them again

[dangus]

Not on meats. Thanks to irradiation, meat will LOOK fine, often smell fine, but will get sticky and nasty.

[Romulus]

Honey never goes bad.