Expiry date too close

Purchased on 4/3/25 and cooked it on 4/4/25. Date on package was to purchase by 4/9/25. Smell was horrible. Someone walked into the house hours later and asked what the bad smell was. Never again. I'll stick with frozen fish. We are new members and this was our first trip to Sam's Club. There are reviews of this cod going back 4-5 years stating the same problem. Why does Sam's Club not react to this? Very concerning.

Good

Smell really bad

Sometimes not fresh

Smelled bad

Stinky

Fresh

Often spoiled

This is the first thing I have purchased at Sam's (member for a few years) that I would not recommend. Although I opened it before the sale buy date, it was clearly spoiled and unfit to eat. The vultures in my area ate it as soon as I put it outside. The wrapping smelled so bad that we had air out the car after a five minute trip to the dump.