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About Chris Manley
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I can answer questions relating to food safety and sanitation in home or commercial facilities

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I am a registered environmental health specialist and have been an inspector of retail food establishments for the past six years.

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Degree in Environmental Health from Colorado State University.

 
   

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Food Safety Issues - Expired Garlic Pills


Expert: Chris Manley - 2/4/2009

Question
Don't know if you can help me, but I have some expired garlic pills; Do their
properties just become inactive or are they harmful to ingest? They smell fine.

Answer
The expiration date may be a date at which the manufacturer expects the potency and effectiveness of the pills to begin to decline.  Most expiration dates are used to ensure quality and not safety.  You may try the manufacturer to see why the pills expire when they expire.

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