Food expiration phobia

[Mark]

I read about a strange yet frighteningly true phobia today which was described as "food expiration phobia". In simple terms this is a phobia of eating food which is past its "use by date" despite the fact that this is before the "best by date". For some reason I am loathe to eat food past its "use by date" despite the fact that it is still perfectly edible until the "best by date". Does anyone else suffer from this particular concern?

 

[Jade]

I wonder if this is really a health phobia taking form of fear with food expiration dates? Please correct me if I’m wrong. Eating spoiled foods are likely to make you feel ill and expose you to food poisoning so perhaps this is really the worry. The important thing to remember is that the dates recommended and placed on food packaging are usually very accurate and the food supplier won’t risk making that mistake for health and safety or legal reasons.

It probably isn’t quite as simple as that but I think remembering that could be useful