Expiry Date?

[SkyRider]

Do you find more and more products no longer show a "plain language" expiry or "best before" date? Instead the date is shown as a code. I find this to be the case with Cadbury chocolate bars, Selsun shampoo and Deep Wood insect repellent.

 

[ctv250]

Do you find more and more products no longer show a "plain language" expiry or "best before" date? Instead the date is shown as a code. I find this to be the case with Cadbury chocolate bars, Selsun shampoo and Deep Wood insect repellent.

Hmmm, that's kind of a random selection of products!

 

[anon1]

The production date code is more accurate for traceability purposes. It contains more information, up to and including the individuals that handled the product.

 

[Gator3x]

Do you find more and more products no longer show a "plain language" expiry or "best before" date? Instead the date is shown as a code. I find this to be the case with Cadbury chocolate bars, Selsun shampoo and Deep Wood insect repellent.

It's called a closed code. Different schemes for coding are used that includes the date (could be the day 1 to 365, the year, production line, plant number). It depends......

 

[Ironhead]

Do you find more and more products no longer show a "plain language" expiry or "best before" date? Instead the date is shown as a code. I find this to be the case with Cadbury chocolate bars, Selsun shampoo and Deep Wood insect repellent.

I have never even thought of expiration dates on the products mentioned, however I never have trouble finding the date when I am looking for it on other products.

 

[SkyRider]

I have never even thought of expiration dates on the products mentioned

Most if not all products have a "best before date". I'm surprised that there is not a published expiry date for all food products. Shampoos and insect repellents also lose their effectiveness over time.

 

[anon1]

A "best before date" is an artificial stale date as many factors affect freshness and consumeability.
However, the main reason for lack of expiry date is so that the producer doesn't have product returned.

 

[simon482]

shopping list like that, i think we should party.