Sell by date of 4/17/19

I have frozen chicken cutlets beaded with parmasean cheese and a sell by date of 4/17/19 can they still by cooked and eaten?

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Best Answer

The "Sell by" date is aimed at retailers and indicates the date by which a product should be sold, or removed from the shelf. In many countries, such as the UK, there are no sell-by dates, as consumers found them confusing. There could be as much as 1/3 of the shelf life of the product remaining.

Best-before dates are indicative. The quality of the food may have deteriorated but it should still be safe to eat after the best before date.

Use-by dates are concerned with food safety. Food should be consumed before the use-by date, or discarded. The food may still be safe to eat after the use-by date, but if you get sick, then it will be harder to successfully sue the manufacturer.

Provided the chicken has been constantly frozen in deep freeze (-18 ?C) it should still be safe to eat after the "sell by" date.

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How long can you eat past the sell by date?

Sell-By Date You can eat food after the sell-by date. For example, dairy products are good for 1 week after the sell-by date. Eggs are safe for 3 to 5 weeks after the sell-by date.

How do you read an expiration date code?

Read these codes as MMDDYY, where "MM" refers to the month, "DD" refers to the date, and "YY" refers to the year. This is one of the more common codes that you'll see on food items. For example, "121518" would be read as December 15, 2018.

Does sell by date mean use by?

A "Sell-By" date tells the store how long to display the product for sale for inventory management. It is not a safety date. A \u201cUse-By" date is the last date recommended for the use of the product while at peak quality.

How do you read the 5 digit expiration date?

For canned food and ready-to-eat meals, check the packaging for a 5-digit code that signifies when the food was manufactured. In this code, the first 2 numbers stand for the year, while the last 3 represent the day of the year.

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