Marhasna 3 (gone off)

Of course, fresh food goes off if it is kept for too long, whether that is at home or in the shop. You might need to complain!

stale	marow (also dead)      coth (also old)
mouldy or mildewed	pindy (from dialect, also off) loos (also grey)
dried out	segh
shrivelled or withered	gwedhrys or gwedrys disewydhys
sour	trenk (SWFM trynk)
curdled	cowlys, godròthys
bad	drog pedrys (also addled)
melted	teudhys

                            

Re goth[1] ew an boos ma.	This food is too old.
Me a goodh dhebm y dowla dhe ves.	I ought to throw it away.
An letüs ma ew gwedrys.	This lettuce is withered (shrivelled).
An bara na ew coth.	That bread is old (stale).
An oyow ew drog.	The eggs are bad.
Trenk ew agas leth.	Your milk is sour.
Teudhys ew an dehen rew.	The ice cream has melted.

                            

Pre-packaged foods tend to carry a date indicating how long they should last.

The key word is kens before (or by):

gwella kens…	best before …
gwella kens diwedh…	best before the end of …
ûsya kens	use by
debry kens	eat by
eva kens	drink by
dedhyans diwedh	date of expiry
gwella kens kensa a vis Me	best before May 1st
gwella kens diwedh mis Efan	best before end of June

                            

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[1] Re meaning too causes soft mutation, so coth becomes goth