Posted 7th Jul 2021
Over the last few weeks I’ve noticed my local corner shops have out of date sweets or snacks. I realise when I get home. This happened in two different shops and one being a post office.
Are shops allowed to sell out of dates sweets/crisps? Is there any law behind this
Are shops allowed to sell out of dates sweets/crisps? Is there any law behind this
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sorted byUse by not allowed to sell after date.
Use by dates are about food safety, it's illegal for shops to sell any food that has passed this date.
food.gov.uk/sit…pdf
brent.gov.uk/med…pdf (edited)
They are selling past Best before not out of date items.
They can, think of approved food place, most of their items are past best before.
Nope I just buy to eat the whole lot my self 🐖🐷
Trading standards would be interested if somewhere was selling best before past date stock as in date. Naughty.
Different with Use by - potentially dangerous if expired. Very naughty
Yellow sticker rules:
Best before.....go back for more
Use by............prepare to die
Its a serious matter 'cos if I wanted to get a shop into trouble I could easily put some out of date stuff on their shelves
If you're also seeing cracks or dots on the surface of any chocolate you purchase, odds are it's dried out quite a bit since its days as fresh chocolate, and has gone stale, tends to taste unpalatable though shouldn't do you any harm. If there's mold on the chocolate however, throw it away immediately. However, if it looks like regular chocolate, it will almost definitely taste like chocolate.
Also, when the cocoa butter fats in chocolate separate from the cocoa mass and rise to the surface, it results in what's called "fat bloom." While not the most attractive thing to see on chocolate, fat bloom is actually usually safe to eat.
Sugar also acts as a preservative, so generally speaking I wouldn't concern yourself too much. (edited)
It’s best before. They didn’t have any reduced sticker. It was triple the price than in Tesco.
I’m just going to be extra careful and always look at the dates in these shops. I wish I never picked the sweets but they were just staring at me and I got them lol
cheapfood.co.uk/
rogerswholesalefoods.co.uk/
And a few more up and down the country.