> But is a small chance of dying from eating toxic bacteria worth it? The parent is probably talking about food that's not more than a few days past expiry, si

> But is a small chance of dying from eating toxic bacteria worth it? The parent is probably talking about food that's not more than a few days past expiry, since they worked in a grocery store. The risk from not following a mostly-arbitrary date is not much higher if properly stored than say, eating improperly-stored food. A student died eating pasta stored at room temperature for five days: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6638715/20-year-old-American-student-mysteriously-died-sleep-eating-simple-meal.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6638715/20-year-old... Things might have turned out differently if it was stored in the fridge.