This is something that has always confused me about best by labels. I bought apple juice probably in August or September of 2024 and opened it and drank some. It’s a big plastic jug, Mott’s brand. The best by date is February 26, 2025. The fine print only says “refrigerate after opening.” It doesn’t mention anything about consuming within a certain number of days after opening. So is it still fine to drink, since the best by date has not passed, even though it has been opened for months??

Some oranges which I purchased a week ago taste now not very juicy but a little dry, and look more yellowish. Despite not tasting as good, are they fine to consume?

There is nothing else funky about the dish. It looks and smells the same. TIA for your help!

Edit: I used this recipe for the pie filling and froze it for 4 months. I used it in an apple crisp recipe but only included the crisp ingredients. I had the crisp in a pyrex baking dish with a plastic lid. My house stays at 70 degrees. It was out on the counter overnight for 10 hours. Is it still safe to eat? I of course put it in the fridge as soon as I saw it.

I work in a kitchen and found some blue bits in the SHREDDED Parmesan cheese (not grated). It didn’t smell very good but I’m not sure what it’s supposed to smell like. I tossed out the bag and opened the next and found more. Then checked the other bags and they also all have bits of blue. The sell by date is March 2025 and today is February 2nd. The other bags are not open. The brand is Milandos Fancy Shredded Parmesan Cheese.

So should they all be thrown or can we discard the blue bits and use the rest?

I bought a jar today and I gave some peperincini to my friend and gave her some juice in the container as well. Now my own jar doesn’t have enough brine to cover all of my peoeroncini. Is that okay?

Left out on cutting board chopped and peeled

Recipe said "Cook chicken. Add tikka masala spice mix, 2 dl water, and coconut milk" I did all of that at the same time, so i added the water and everything into raw chicken. If i mamage to boil the chicken in this until it is white all the way through, is it safe to eat? (Will it taste horrible tho?)

With all the egg recalls here in Canada I’m really paranoid. Is that part being all yellow okay?

Hi all, after much online perusing I finally purchased a soy/grain/nut milk making machine,

So excited to receive it the next day! I am now concerned because the manual lists hazardous

materials in it include Cr(VI) "at a level over 0.1wt %". I know this stuff is dangerous,

but at what levels? This is a very reputable company, esp. in Asian countries.

Two questions: Do I need to return it? and does anyone know of a soy milk maker that does not

contain this carcinogenic substance? Thanks for any answers or referrals!

Is the rice safe to eat?? Ik its blurry but it looks like a caterpillar

Why are the mods so strict for example you could say your r opinion about a food situation and they will take it down for false or misleading like I didn't know they mods where food experts also they will lock and delete posts for being dangerous. Like ok we see something we can't exactly make what it is you don't have to delete the post because it's dangerous since we can't exactly detect it. Also this will be deleted probably hopefully I won't get banned tho I loves this community.

It was left out for the first 5 hours or so, before being put in the fridge, unfortunately. It has only turkey, bacon, lettuce and cheese though so idk if it's still risky? It's nearly 4 am and I'm hungry and desperate

EDIT: It was wrapped up when left out. Not exposed to the air or anything. And it's a cold sandwich to begin with so ??

So on Friday I roasted a whole chicken, and there was loads of meat left so yesterday (Saturday) I then made a chicken pie with the leftover meat.

There are now more leftovers so my question is can I reheat the pie today (sunday) or is thrice cooked chicken meat playing with fire?

I left my frozen cheese pizza oin thr oven a bit too long and now it's definitely burnt. It doesn't smell super burnt, it still smells like pizza. I've eaten a bit and the cheese is definitely a bit chewy and I'm gonna avoid the crust entirely. Other than that it tastes fine. It doesn't really taste like char but I know that burnt food can contain carcinogens and acrylamide and I've got horrible anxiety. So...is it okay to eat?

i am very food paranoid and i just wanna make sure i don't break any spam rules by posting too many things too often

I bought a jar of pineapple spears in coconut water from costco, and opened them. They didn't have a popping noise. Is it okay to eat them?

Why do they vacuum seal frozen food, particularly meat/fish? I’m trying to find out if it’s a safety issue or more quality issue, because I’ve had multiple frozen items like fish that seemed to have lost their vacuum seal (move around in package, clearly air in there) or scallops not vacuum sealed at all. If it’s a quality issue I’m fine with it not being 100% ideal texture or whatever, but if it’s food safety I don’t want to risk it. Thanks!

Hi everyone I’m little scared right now because I ate a little bit of hearts of palm that has been in my fridge for a couple months now. It was really soft, I ate some of it but I spat out the rest. Should I be worried about botulism

so each chocolate is individually wrapped and those wrappers aren't damaged, but the top of the overall packaging was ripped. is it safe to eat?

I’m not too worried but i ate some cereal that wasnt expired but has definitely been exposed to air for a couple of months. It tasted fine and smelled fine but just a little bit concerned

I’ve bought a relatively generic pesto sauce from the supermarket and it’s plagued with these white fibres? It’s not very ideal to feel like you’re eating hairs. Any idea what they could be?