Unopened swollen container |Ocu

This chicken cold.It is not sterile (no food is), because there are always bacteria that survive treatment.However, adequate conditions of manipulation and conservation of the product make, normally, these microorganisms do not involve a problem.

If it is on date, will it be fine, right?

The preferential consumption date indicates the day to which the product retains all its quality characteristics (aroma, taste, texture, aspect ...), in addition to ensuring that the product is not dangerous from the sanitary point of view.

This date, such as the expiration date, are determined based on the assumption that the conservation conditions have been adequate and that there is no contamination after the production of the product.Obviously, if there is any failure in the chain, they will no longer serve as a reference, as well as if the container is opened.If this happens, the bacteria that resisted the treatment will proliferate rapidly, altering product properties

Why is he swollen?

That is what has happened in this case.Most likely, the container has been swollen by the gas generated by the bacteria, which would have multiplied massively after a bad manipulation of the product.

Possibly, the cause of this failure is the breakage of the cold chain in one or more points of the food chain (in the manufacturer's warehouse, during transport, in the purchase establishment, if the product spends a lot of time at high temperature fromthat we buy it until we put it in the fridge ...).It is essential to maintain the cooling temperature throughout the process to avoid the proliferation of bacteria: every time that temperature is not respected, the multiplication speed of microorganisms is increased, because they do better at room temperature.

What should I do?

The development and proliferation of bacteria comes to alter the product, the result is that the organoleptic properties of the food are resent: in this case the colder presents bad smell, whitish appearance, alterations in the texture, acid taste ...

In addition, in the event that there was some pathogenic bacterium (less likely, but possible), if the product is consumed we could suffer intoxication.

Before such a case, or before any suspicion for a damaged container, it is best not to take risks and discard the product.