Is it okay to eat fish oil tablets after the use by date?
April 26, 2010
I have thousands left and it seems like a waste to throw them out. Is it unhealthy to consume them? The use by date is January 2008 and it is now June 2008.
I have thousands left and it seems like a waste to throw them out. Is it unhealthy to consume them? The use by date is January 2008 and it is now June 2008.
Well use your best judgment. It sucks to waste food but the expiration date is there for a reason. I will say that I know a guy at my gym who got sick and blamed it on eating rancid fish oil caps though…
It’s fish oil, it consist of water and other crap, just take them.
I wouldn’t take them. The other dude is right, expiration dates are there for a reason. Try to eat fish 2 times a week so you don’t have to eat the tablets, but if you can’t eat fish, then buy tablets… but next time, not so many! haha good luck.
Fish oil tablets are fat. Fat doesn’t spoil it goes rancid. It depends how you store them. If they are kept air tight out of sun light they should be fine. If they smell or tast funny they are no longer good. If they smell and taste fine than you can go ahead and eat them.
Normally, they should be good about one year past the ‘use by date’. As you noticed, its not an ‘expiration date’. You should not use any thing past the expiration date. Using past the ‘use by date’ is acceptable.
It will not cause any harm. At worst, they become rancid and get ‘fishy’, not a very pleasant experience.
If you burp ‘fishy’ smell, there is still hope. Freeze the capsules. Frozen capsules stop burps and you may not feel the ‘fishy’ taste. If the frozen capsules are stil ‘fishy’, you will have to throw them out.
The fish oil should not freeze. If the oil gets frozen, throw outthe capsules.