Chicken... 3 years past use by date... tasted great

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(3 June 2012, 22:15)Skean Dhude Wrote: Three weeks seems a tad fast. I'm with Tonka on this I've eaten from tins that have been dinted a lot longer than three weeks. Even when I detect a dinted can I just move it to the front of the pantry tins. It can be a few weeks before it is consumed and nothing has ................................................... Ha, only kidding.

Same for me. I would not discard any dented tins. Only I would put them in the daily use cupboard and would have a closer inspection upon opening. Any swollen tins would of course be chucked. Also like others I would not purchase dented tins in the first place if possible. The place where they are stored and the temperatures may have a lot to do with the rate of deterioration of damged tins contents too.