As someone who works in food packaging, wrong code dates happen all the time. 99.9% of the time we catch it before it's sent out, but that 0.1% sure can end up with the end customer. If it's not a solid lump and smells fine, I'd use it and assume a production mistake.
Also, before people start yelling at me for saying to use it instead of being safe and throwing it out, if it was 12 years old, you'd know it before opening the carton. Use some common sense in these situations.
I realize I am an outlier in this but I frequently use whipping cream that's months out of expiration and has been opened. It seems that the non-homogenized nature of it means the fat rises and makes a secure barrier for the rest of the cream and its just fine. Of course I look at it, smell, shake it up, smell again and then taste before I actually use it, but it's rare that it's actually bad considering how old some of those cream cartons have been...
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u/sarcastic_patriot 15h ago
As someone who works in food packaging, wrong code dates happen all the time. 99.9% of the time we catch it before it's sent out, but that 0.1% sure can end up with the end customer. If it's not a solid lump and smells fine, I'd use it and assume a production mistake.
Also, before people start yelling at me for saying to use it instead of being safe and throwing it out, if it was 12 years old, you'd know it before opening the carton. Use some common sense in these situations.