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Old 20-07-2006, 21:10   #28
homealone
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Re: Milk

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Originally Posted by Zeph
The Use By Date is the date that it lasts til IF it remains sealed, of course, as soon as you let air in it will start to go off, hence why it goes off before the date. You'll probably find the bottle/carton says something like "Once Opened, Consume within 3 days"
I'm not sure about that, Zeph, the main spoilage bacteria that is in milk can multiply without oxygen, for a while

Those 'warnings' are increasingly designed to avoid litigation, rather than provide real information, in my opinion

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Originally Posted by Shaun
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Originally Posted by homealone
Thinking about it, you are right, otherwise you wouldn't have to turn it up when the weather gets hotter - but they could fit a thermometer in the fridge, as standard, couldn't they?

/gets back from putting thermometer in fridge - will check it later ...
My fridge has LED's (in Celcus) on the top that you set and it keeps the fridge at that temprature - it is possible.
true - but not standard

- my fridge is running at +4°C
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