One of the problems we Spaniards have is that we waste a lot of food in the trash In Spain, legislation seeking to tackle this problem remains pending due to the dissolution of the Congress of Deputies after the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, summoned general election of23J. Other countries have implemented measures, such as great Britain.

Supermarkets in the UK have stopped placing them Expired date on certain products. The goal is to end up with leftovers. Carmen, a Spanish national living in London, noticed how packaged fruit and vegetables no longer had expiration dates. This is how he explained it Antenna 3 News: “Most importantly, new ones no longer have an expiration date label.”

This is what happens if you take an expired product

On dairy products, for example, the expiration date has been changed to the expiration date. Consuming products with past expiration dates can have consequences. However, preferential consumption allows the product to be eaten a few days later.

“That date can be moved and the person will not be at risk of food for that reason,” he explained. Juan José Badiola, from the Center for Emerging Communicable Diseases. However, “there are products that may not be able to accept that recommendation” like expired milk. Consuming this type of expired product can result “especially gastroenteric problems”. But they can also produce “more serious problems,” explains Badiola.

Exposure to harmful pathogenic microorganisms

After consuming expired product, serious problems such as listeria. According to experts, this may have risks in the UK. In Spain, milk is sterilized at 135 degrees and in England, pasteurized at 70 degrees. By consuming expired products we can expose ourselves dangerous pathogenic microorganisms.