A consumer is asking questions about the freshness of chicken in her local grocery store after a CTV News investigation revealed a B.C. Superstore changing the best-before date on fish.

Roidon Lamb is a regular at a Real Canadian Superstore in Richmond. She called CTV News after a hidden-camera investigation showed an employee at a Coquitlam branch of the chain re-wrapping salmon steaks with a new best-before date.

The report prompted her to take a closer look at the labels in her local store. On Friday, she noticed chicken with best-before dates eight days in the future: Jan. 15.

"I asked the gentleman who was working in the meat department, in poultry, if the best-before date said January 15th. He confirmed it did. I asked, ‘Is that acceptable? Is that fine? Would that be all right?' He told me that as long as it would be stored in the fridge it would be fine," Lamb told CTV News.

"To me, that seems a little lengthy. I think it seems about four days too long."

Other Metro Vancouver butchers agreed.

"Chicken, you normally would want to move in about two days [at] most. It just decomposes faster. It goes off quicker. Eight days -- no," said Aaron Pighin of Windsor Quality Meats on Main Street in Vancouver.

At the Richmond Superstore on Friday, salmon was displayed with a best-before date of Jan. 14 -- seven days into the future.

Food safety specialist Lynn Wilcott says the best-before dates on both the salmon and the chicken are at the outside edge of what's acceptable for fresh meat.

"The risk is higher as the shelf-life progresses," he said.

Superstore responded to questions with a statement, saying, "The shelf life ... is validated against exacting requirements through independent microbial testing and sensory evaluation."

But Lamb is not convinced, and says she wants more information on food labels.

"It feels that something needs to be done to regulate. It should be the date of packaging and the best-before date, so then it gives you a window so you can safely make a decision as to what's going on," she said.

Stores aren't required to provide both packaged-on and best-before dates, and the government allows retailers to judge freshness for themselves.

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Mi-Jung Lee