I bought all this meat at the same time, put it away in the same fridge.

[conuly]

And it all had the same sell-by.

I just don't understand how the chicken breast is just fine, but the chicken drums are decidedly whiffy and had to be tossed.

Comments

[gatheringrivers]

I've found some packaging = stays decent longer (the local megamart has some vacuum packs for meat that fall in this category) and other packaging styles are "use in 2 days or freeze" (unless it's also stickered with "today's special" in which case it's "use NOW or freeze".)

Might come down to the wrapper glue.

Might be "Package B" got moved around the store by a shopper, then left on a shelf somewhere for some indeterminate period of time, before being rescued back to the fridge case.