Cymek said:

OCDC said:

Cymek said:

Would food be safe to eat a week past its use by date if kept in the fridge and unopened.
I forgot about two precooked meals and now they are past the use by date.
They are those precooked vacuum sealed ones

I compare to the original duration of shelf life. If they came with a month, I’d make sure the plastic hasn’t expanded, indicating gas forming microorganisms, then do the sniff test and eat if okay. If they only came with a few days I would chuck. So far has not resulted in my demise.

They seem fine from looking at them, no mold or expansion of the plastic.
I’ll do like you suggested as I had counted them as part of my meals for the week so don’t have anything else to replace them.
I’m annoyed as I thought I checked the use by date

Milk we give up on days before, but cheese is good weeks after and chocolate years.