Is food going out of date faster?

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1. Quality certainly seems lower than about 10-15 years ago, but I guess that could just be perception. I don’t tend to listen to ‘use by’ dates on anything other than meat and fish though, I just trust my nose ( hasn’t killed me yet!).

2. 100% check your fridge temperature.

3. I’ve seen a lot of this on Reddit recently but I’ve not experienced it myself. Everything I buy is grand.

4. It shouldn’t be considering all our houses are freezing

5. Check your fridge. Disregard what the fridge says, get a thermometer and actually check

6. An unspoken-of factor will be the number and type of preservatives in the food – Policies in recent years have minimised this.

   If people want healthier and more environmentally friendly foods, this is one of the prices to pay.

7. I never follow use by dates, unless it’s for fish/meat, which I haven’t noticed a change in? But vegetables, fruit, dairy – all seems to last for me beyond the date!