[jaysay]

Saw an item on Breakfast TV this morning about food use by or best before dates, whats your take on this. To my mind use by dates I keep to, best before dates I give a little grace to. They interviewed quite a lot of people and a lot, especially the older end, said that they used things over the best by dates, how much over depended on the type of food. Some older people also said that in the olden days, before food packing and labeling, people used their own judgement on these things and never seemed to suffer any adverse effects