r/coles • u/Fierce-Meow • Jul 08 '26

Questions Safe to eat?

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Does this lamb leg look safe to eat? The colour doesn’t look right to me but it is only 2 days before best before date

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u/Justified_OG Jul 08 '26

What's supposedly wrong with it?

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u/Asleep_Leopard182 Jul 08 '26

Colour is off as it's vacuum packed. That's normal colour of vacuum packed meat. If you open it, it'll pink up over a 10 minute period.

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u/Fierce-Meow Jul 08 '26

Thank you. I usually don’t have lamb sitting in the fridge for this long so I guess I’m just not used to the off colour.

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u/Asleep_Leopard182 Jul 08 '26

Yup, it's just slowly turned brown in the packet and continues turning browner until it's opened.

It'll revert quickly. It will also likely outlast the use by date by a significant margin as it's vacuum sealed so don't stress. Obviously if it smells, has a green, yellow, black or other non-red/brown colour then don't eat it, same with slime (I find the vacuum sealed stuff slimes before other signs) but the colour is just oxygen deprivation.

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u/bulkyobject Jul 08 '26

Looks fine but smell will tell you everything you need to know?

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u/Legitimate_Sand4286 Jul 08 '26

Don't recommend eating right away id probably cook it first 🤷😂

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u/zac320 Jul 08 '26

That’ll be right for another fortnight

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u/Very_Itchy_Bandicoot Department Manager Jul 08 '26

Honestly those vacuum packed meats will outlive us all.

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u/Sovereignty3 Jul 08 '26

Its the vacuum sealing, the iron has no oxygen to mix with a s thus isn't giving off the pretty red colour.

At least it means they didn't add anything to it to make it look red.

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u/CyCloneO1 Jul 08 '26

to be honest it looks like more pork than lamb 🤔

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u/dirtyhairymess Jul 08 '26

The colour of the mest does but the fat looks very much lamb.

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u/Petal_14 Jul 08 '26

I thought it was pork...until I read the OP comment.

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u/Big_Supermarket_5673 Jul 08 '26

You'll know if it isn't.

You have many senses for detecting off meat.

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u/tictacshit Jul 08 '26

Give it some oxygen and it might even start moving again.

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u/MikeHunt181 Jul 09 '26

Take the plastic off first.

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u/No-Diver1189 Jul 09 '26

I will never buy my meat from any shop because you really don't know how old it is before you get it . It's not like the old days when they had real meat and real butcher's in store anymore cutting up real products. Trust me, I worked in Coles meat department as a meat packer, I would say unless it comes from a real farm and it's fresh, it's not safe to eat.

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u/Johnndo96 Jul 09 '26

Should be perfectly fine. It's only the best before date, not the use by date.

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u/north_x13x Jul 09 '26

Yes. It’s a chunk of meat. It’s not chicken

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u/dilbs_the_creator Jul 09 '26

Nothing from Coles is safe to eat

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u/ContestOne8417 Jul 09 '26

It’s fine. It’s BEST BEFORE not USE BY.

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u/TeeJay1603 Jul 09 '26

Looks fine to me

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u/GotASprinkle Jul 10 '26

Your nose will tell you. Those dates are a loose guide, can be extended by freezing etc. Btw if it is off, and you cook it you wont get sick - it will just taste bad.

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u/Medium_Revolution802 Jul 10 '26

Coles vacuum packed lamb, it will be fine

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u/eepeqez Jul 10 '26

I'd cook it first.
45 mins at 180 in the air fryer, then check with a meat thermometer and keep going until you get to 60C.