Question regarding food expiration

[Toddie]

I was speaking with a guy at work who explained that there's some sort of 'paint' on the inside of tims and if that seems unscratched/unremoved then normally the food is good to eat.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

[madmedic]

i believe there is a thread on out of date food that was just started could be good to join this to that thread.. but if tin intact not damaged or bulging and the food smells ok it is basically true depending on the food

[pathfinder107]

you should never eat fron dented or damaged tins of food theres a layer of a chemical coated on which helps preserve the product

[Toddie]

i believe there is a thread on out of date food that was just started could be good to join this to that thread.. but if tin intact not damaged or bulging and the food smells ok it is basically true depending on the food

I saw the thread but didn't want to hi-jack. Hence this thread.

I was curious if anyone else had heard of this 'paint'.

[preppingsu]

you should never eat fron dented or damaged tins of food theres a layer of a chemical coated on which helps preserve the product

can you post a link to the necessary information.
We can assume a lot but proper researched, scientific info is good.
Thanks.

[madmedic]

http://plasticisrubbish.wordpress.com/2 ... ad-for-me/

this is about the liner

cant find the one about dents but there was something on the food standards agency

[madmedic]

I saw the thread but didn't want to hi-jack. Hence this thread.

not a problem

[Cocotte]

I thought the reason for not eating dented tins was more to do with any possible minor leaks of air getting in possibly allowing dangerous microbes to grow such as botulism. The risk is incredibly minor but dangerous.

Although probably half of all the cans I've eaten have been dented and I'm still ticking.

[gandelff99]

Interesting thread,though can I expand and slightly hijack whilst keeping within the context of the original post.
Tinned food cooked in there cans ...I.e soup,meat balls in gravy, beans etc. Is this the same contaminationwere talking about. ?

[redskies]

The coating is Bisphenol A, or BPA. It's put there to stop the tin rusting. The concern, if the tin is deformed, is that the coating will leach into the food.

There's loads of info, much of it conflicting, so whack it into your search engine and see what you make of it