RATTER15 ......'I must admit to being fussy about dates on food, if its out of date it goes in the bin, if I think its been in the freezer for more than a few months it goes in the bin, if I dont recognise or dont like the look of it, it goes in the bin.'
Nice you can afford to throw good food away
Labelling/dating frozen foods and running down your freezer every so often so that items don't end up forgotten at the bottom of the freezer, and regular monitoring of the dates of fridge/cupboard foods.......neither are hard to do
Use by/sell by dates are only a guide anyway, a simple look and/or smell of the item will soon tell you if it's off