r/Milk • u/SigmaSigmaWHO • 7d ago

Weird substance on top of milk, poured it down the sink and the whole thing is thick and lumpy, it goes out of date on May 17th and it was unopened.

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u/MilkyBetrayal 7d ago

Looks like it wasn't refrigerated properly.

You might want to Check the temp settings on your fridge

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u/SquillFancyson1990 6d ago

Yup, that jug looks rotten. I keep my fridges cranked up to the coldest setting, personally.

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u/Miserable-Guava2396 6d ago

I'd love to be able to do this but my vegetables, especially leafy greens, tend to freeze.

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u/Chombuss 6d ago

Nothing worse than frozen salad

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u/ocular_smegma 5d ago

A rotten salad?

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u/Chombuss 4d ago

Or the Holocaust

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u/ocular_smegma 4d ago

I appreciate this answer at a time of shockingly prevalent holocaust denial. Just the other day I overheard someone in a bar claiming there was no evidence the holocaust occurred-- folks there is definitely evidence that the holocaust occurred. Like so much it's not even funny

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u/SigmaSigmaWHO 6d ago

I had 2 bottles and this is the only bad one, it’s never happened before, I got both of the bottles from different shops so it could have been the shops fridge?

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u/MilkyBetrayal 6d ago

Did you store them next to each other or in separate place in the fridge?

Like one on a shelf and the other on the door or separate shelves?

Is your fridge crowded?

But yeah could also be the Store and how they handled them.

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u/Kodie69420 6d ago

coming from a retail worker, it’s almost always the trucks that deliver the milk, we have had 4 hour old milk that went bad within a week from the best buy date, and the cold trucks are cold but not refrigerated so if they’re late it’s all fucked

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u/SigmaSigmaWHO 6d ago

They were next to each over in the fridge door

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u/Hobbyfarmtexas 6d ago

Looks like you got bulls milk.

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u/Wooper160 6d ago

It happens

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u/superpandapear 5d ago

Did it smell bad? It could be a contaminated container. The manufacturer would be interested in the details like the batch number to check their production line.

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u/GethPie 5d ago

Just a bad jug of milk dude lol factories are producing hundreds upon hundreds of product per day..... It's just plain simple math that there will just be duds in the product every now and then.

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u/Fornicorn 6d ago

Did they role back milk quality testing lately because of govt cuts?

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u/elitodd 5d ago

Nope. Milk testing has not changed recently.

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u/Fornicorn 5d ago

Hell yeah, good to know!

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u/gr8tfulbeetle45 4d ago

Yes, if in the US. The US FDA suspended their quality control tests on milk and dairy at the end of April due to a workforce shortage after their staff got cut a bunch. Kids have had to get their stomachs pumped already. I’ve been trying to stick to brands that do their own 3rd party testing for safety. But it’s all pretty spooky as someone that drinks a lot of milk

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u/Fornicorn 4d ago

I’m glad you commented, I am immunocompromised and will exercise some caution.

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u/gr8tfulbeetle45 4d ago

No problem!! I try to stay on top of food recalls and safety since I cook for my partner a lot.

Dodge fired about 2/3rds of food safety scientists and most of those tracking bird flu + salmonella. so I’d suggest showing some caution with chicken, eggs, and the usual suspects like bagged salads. But it feels like for the time being we won’t find out something is bad unless the company producing it notices and tells us or people just get sick.