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Re:Expired food: how best-before dates create a waste mountain by DanBC on Friday April 19, 2019 @03:29AM (#19697721)
> I think generally trusting you nose, eyes and instincts does you fine.

This tells you if the food is rotting. It doesn't tell you if the food is safe to eat.

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Re:Expired food: how best-before dates create a waste mountain by Phenix88be on Friday April 19, 2019 @03:48AM (#19697797)
If the food is not rotting, why would it not be safe to eat ?
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Re:Expired food: how best-before dates create a waste mountain by cmrx64 on Friday April 19, 2019 @04:29AM (#19697919)
The organisms that cause the decay and that make you sick aren’t the same. Unspoiled food is _not_ necessarily safe food. https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/multimedia/multimedia_pub/mul...

Most of these people probably got sick eating unspoiled food: https://www.fda.gov/food/resourcesforyou/consumers/ucm103263...

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Re:Expired food: how best-before dates create a waste mountain by DanBC on Friday April 19, 2019 @04:41AM (#19697958)
Because it has bacteria. The commonly found bacteria are factored into Use By dates.
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Re:Expired food: how best-before dates create a waste mountain by gsich on Friday April 19, 2019 @04:27AM (#19697917)
A date won't tell you that either.
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