Airplane food just got worse. Just ask air china passengers...

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One passenger shared a photo of the out-of-date food on Chinese social network Weibo showing the expiration date of October 2, four days before her flight, reports Gadling.

An official statement by the airline claimed that incorrect packaging was to blame for the "misunderstanding," and that any leftover or expired food is regularly discarded. The passenger claimed that flight attendants refused to acknowledge the issue or warn anyone eating the bad meals.

Food poisoning is fortunately rare on airlines, but it does happen. Earlier this summer, Delta passengers on an Istanbul-New York flight suffered possible food poisoning and were met by medics on arrival at JFK.

A Miami family sued American Airlines in 2011 after a man died allegedly due to food poisoning on a flight from Barcelona.