Using anything expired is dangerous & at Ur own risk. Period.

They must spot check all homes!

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Added on February 4, 2012, 7:27 amLast year, there was a BBC program about how people have become over-reliant on the expiry dates. The expiry date is just a guide. It's an ESTIMATE by the manufacturer, on how long the product will last on the shelves, minus a bit of time just to be on the safe side.

How long something lasts varies quite a bit. It's impossible to predict with 100% accuracy at the factory. Is it possible that something past it's expiry date is still good? Of course. If your new, unopened jar of jam is 3 days past the expiry date, but when you open it it looks perfectly fine and tastes normal, then it probably is.

If your jar of jam still has 2 months before the expiry date, but when you open it, there are weird spots, and it smells funny, then you do not rely on the expiry date.

With medicines and eyedrops, if they are stored too long unopened, do they become dangerous, or do they just lose efficacy (ie becoming useless, but also harmless)? Unlke jars of jam, can we tell if medicine/eyedrops are still good, just from sight/smell/taste? Or do we just do not know how to tell (because we are untrained)?

The 30d rule about eyedrops is something else entirely. When you open the bottle, it's exposed to air, where there are microbes, which gets inside the bottle and start to multiply. There are chemicals in there to retard this. But given enough time, it wouldn't be safe to use anymore.

We make our own decision everyday.

This post has been edited by dkk: Feb 4 2012, 07:28 AM

Agree with that too. And do not use expired eye drops, because i have experience that before, i used an expired eye drop then after a few minutes my eyes feel itchy and then i look at the mirrors, my both eyes were red, and quickly rinsed it using cold tap water to comfort my eyes.

better not, prevent is better than cure

Expiry date is there for a reason, don't take the risk and it's not that expensive to get a new one.

Agree