Which? responds to food safety watchdog's warning that people are eating out-of-date food to save money

Sue Davies, Which? Head of Food Policy, said:

"People are responding to the soaring cost of living in a range of ways, including in the most desperate cases missing meals or eating out-of-date food.

"Food past its use-by date could be unsafe to eat. There is more flexibility with best-before dates and consumers will find items nearing this date are often heavily discounted.

"Some food must be kept refrigerated and certain major appliances including a fridge-freezer need to be kept on to do their job. However, there are still steps you can take to cut the costs of running your fridge-freezer. For example, cleaning the coils on the back of your fridge-freezer can help improve the appliance's efficiency by as much as 25 per cent."

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