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Like it's the law. I throw stuff out the day it goes bad. My husband is way more relaxed about it.

I'm a freak when it comes to these, I hate when anything is expired, hubby is way more relaxed and goes by taste/smell.

My husband is nuts about it, he won't buy stuff if he notices the expiration date is in a few days. Every once in a while, he will go through the fridge and toss stuff, loudly exclaiming "This mustard is a year over it's date!"

Once it is past the expiration date, it gets inspected and smelled, but I'll still use it, up to a week, depending on the food.

It depends on what food it is, if it is milk, eggs or meat than I follow the expiration dates religiously. I sometimes throw milk out before the date if it doesnt look or smell right to me. If it is something like a bagel or bread I'll still eat past the date as long as it smells, looks and feels fine.

We do the sniff test on most things, if it seems okay, we'll eat it. We don't often have food go past due though

We go by look/smell/taste. It gets tossed for any of those but I don't usually look at sell/use by dates except during purchase. If a piece of fruit or cheese has a bad part in it I'll usually just cut out the spoiled part and eat the rest. My husband's even more relaxed than I am.

We will throw it out the day of the expiration. I will eat left overs up to a week or so after we made it. Where my hubby will throw it out after a few days. Some times he asks how long ago we made something and I lie to him because I know he will throw it out lol

I'm with MrsBells, depends on what it is and I always examine it if I'm not sure. My hubs will usually just eat it anyway but I'm a lot more careful, especially during pregnancy!

I follow those dates pretty religiously. With the exception of half & half (for coffee). That one gets the smell test.