if you stockpile, be careful with this item. It made me sick and the misery lasted about 10 hours.

[cpnmaniac44]

I had stockpiled about 15 packages of Chex Mix. I did not label them as to date purchased. It's on the package, as it is on cereal, etc.
When I got down to 4 packages, I put all in a heavy plastic container with a screw on lid.
I love the chex pieces best, so I like to eat the other pieces first. I ate a few of the brown and white wafers and then plenty of the square and round pretzels and those long pieces that look like pretzel, but not salted.
A bad taste in my mouth began developing.
I was not sure if it was the salty pieces combining with the drink I had or the taste left from something I ate previously.
The next 10 hours were very painful before the unknown degree of food poisoning was over. The chex mix did not smell bad, or taste stale. (You can tell if a saltine cracker or cereal is stale).

Clearly it was the pretzel pieces and I have discarded the rest.

So, be careful with Chex Mix.

I stock pile yogurt too, but when they go bad they become watery.

Anyone else have any warnings about certain items?

[res030ei]

sorry you got sick! So you opened up the chex mix and emptied them into a container?

[cpnmaniac44]

sorry you got sick! So you opened up the chex mix and emptied them into a container?

I opened the remaining 4 packages and put it all in a heavy thick plastic jug designed for juice or water with a plastic screw on lid.

I know if you have ice cream in the freezer and go back and open it about 5 months later, you'll notice that it no longer fills up the carton, it has shrunk. Still safe to eat but some items should not be stockpiled I guess.

I had a bad experience with Chex Mix, maybe other people on other items.

[20coupons]

Food poisoning takes 24-48 hours to develop if you're talking digestive issues. It may have been something you ate the day before. Either way, I too have had food poisoning at the same time as my husband. Sadly at that time our apartment had only one bathroom... sorry for TMI!
Anyhoo, weird about the sudden weird taste too.

[Tracy_in_Missouri]

I opened the remaining 4 packages and put it all in a heavy thick plastic jug designed for juice or water with a plastic screw on lid.

I know if you have ice cream in the freezer and go back and open it about 5 months later, you'll notice that it no longer fills up the carton, it has shrunk. Still safe to eat but some items should not be stockpiled I guess.

I had a bad experience with Chex Mix, maybe other people on other items.

Interesting comment. I buy ice cream once a year when its $1 or less per half gallon ( Breyers) and I've never noticed a difference

[Shelly527IN]

Food poisoning takes 24-48 hours to develop if you're talking digestive issues. It may have been something you ate the day before. Either way, I too have had food poisoning at the same time as my husband. Sadly at that time our apartment had only one bathroom... sorry for TMI!
Anyhoo, weird about the sudden weird taste too.

I beg to differ. I've read that it's normally only 3-6 hours. That's what I've experienced twice in less than a year. ONce from McD's grilled chicken and once from Lean Cuisine pizza.

[Doglover8180]

The odds of getting food poisoning from either a Lean Cuisine TV dinner or Chex mix is slim to none (unless of course the TV dinner was left out too long from the freezer). The chex mix - if I were you, I wouldn't open until you are ready to eat - nothing keeps them as fresh as their original packaging. I really don't think even stale chex mix would make you sick - I've eaten stale chex mix before and unless it's so old it's turned colors, it really won't harm you - just won't taste good. Lots of people think it's food poisoning or something they eat - when they start to feel sick after eating something - but usually it's just a virus that they have that's hit them - and it happens to be close in time to them eating something so they make that association. Just a thought.

[to1drland]

just how old was this chex mix?????

[CW&M Mom]

If the Chex Mix had any peanut ingredients or nut ingredients that stuff can go rancid.

Also it may be similar (not positive on this though) to the problem they are seeing in pancake mix. The shortening that is in pancake mix they are finding is going moldy after the sell date...which is why they are saying throw it out the second it has expired. And it is not something you can see.


IMO the only truly "safe" stuff long after the exp date is going to be canned food where the integrity of the can is still intact and no rusting. Freezing will work for a while...but eventually it will no longer be really edible either.


As for the incubation period from wikepedia
Incubation period

The delay between consumption of a contaminated food and appearance of the first symptoms of illness is called the incubation period. This ranges from hours to days (and rarely months or even years, such as in the case of Listeriosis or Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease), depending on the agent, and on how much was consumed. If symptoms occur within 1–6 hours after eating the food, it suggests that it is caused by a bacterial toxin or a chemical rather than live bacteria.
The long incubation period of many foodborne illnesses tends to cause sufferers to attribute their symptoms to "stomach flu".
During the incubation period, microbes pass through the stomach into the intestine, attach to the cells lining the intestinal walls, and begin to multiply there. Some types of microbes stay in the intestine, some produce a toxin that is absorbed into the bloodstream, and some can directly invade the deeper body tissues. The symptoms produced depend on the type of microbe.[36]

[scissorbill]

I just stocked up on Chex mix when it was a MM at Wags last week. I'll be sure to use it by the use by date just in case. Thanks for the tip.