I purchased a 3 kg box of Karumba frozen raw banana prawns from the deli department of Coles on 22 November 2025 for $52. They weren't vacuum packed but were in a plastic bag inside a cardboard box. They were pale in colour and tough so I used them for curries and stir fries. As I got to the last of the prawns I took the box out of the freezer. To my horror I saw on a sticker on the side of the inside box that they were packed on 6 August 2024 and expired on 6 August 2026. It meant that I had just eaten prawns that had been dead and frozen for 19 months. This to my knowledge was not on the top box with a "use by" date. I had ordered another box online that were priced at $51 and the order said I was saving $15...I was saving $1 from the old rotten prawns I'd purchased 3 months ago. Anyway, I just phoned the store to make sure I wasn't going to receive the same old out of date prawns that I'd bought in November and was informed that yes....the prawns we packed in August 2024 and expired in August 2026. I cancelled the prawns in the new order and put in a complaint with Coles. Besides the prawns being old and tough they weren't vacuum packed...I will check tomorrow if they are sold against food safety standards.
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