Hi I just wanted to know if this is safe to make my first ever kimchi batch this weekend – please?
It is slightly out of date and has a warning so kind of freaking out about it..
The date says: 2025.01.02 (It is airtight,unopened, and has been kept in a cupboard in the dark and dry?) Does it go bad quickly after the date or should it be Ok
And the cancer warning is something I've not seen before.
Thanks for any help!!!!
by Katskan11
3 Comments
It’s fine. California slaps that warning on damn near everything imported from Asian countries because they can’t directly monitor the production and vouch for the contents. It’s a bit of a Boy-who-cried-wolf situation, where they use the warning so excessively that it loses its value.
You’re fine, Korea is not trying to poison you.
New York Times: [what is Prop 65?](https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/what-is-prop-65/)
>The Prop 65 label is like a noisy alarm that rings equally loudly about smaller amounts of low-risk substances and huge amounts of potentially harmful chemicals. The labels don’t say how much of the chemical is present, or how much it would really take to make a person sick. You could get the same alarming label on potato chips (acrylamide), chemotherapy (uracil mustard), lumber (wood dust), or toxic runoff (arsenic). It’s obviously helpful to be alerted to the presence of potentially harmful chemicals. But not all doses of these different chemicals mean the same thing.
>Imagine if a warning label accompanied every risk you took on a regular basis, from driving on the freeway to baking gel nail polish under UV light. Fear is powerful, but it should be commensurate with the danger, and the Prop 65 label tends to equalize risk in a way that actually might actively harm people’s ability to judge danger.
This is the stuff I use (on basically everything), it’s great! Don’t worry about the warning, it’s just a labelling requirement that means practically nothing.
I’m sure you are fine with the date. I’ve had stuff for years and it’s been perfectly fine. After you open it if you want to keep it completely safe I’d recommend putting it in the freezer as it inhibits mold growth.