Many people don’t know that expiry date and best before date are not the same. In fact, many people use them interchangeably thinking that they mean the same thing. Well, let me use this medium to inform you that expiry date and best before date are two different terminologies meaning different things and serving different purposes.

In this article, I will explain what each date marking found on food packages means and also introduce to you, the concepts of “use by” date and “durable life date”. I will however lay more emphasis on the expiry date and best before dates because they are the most commonly used on food packages.

Definition of Terms (Date Markings on Food Packs)

Expiry Date: It is added to a food package to tell consumers the last day a product is safe to consume. You should never consume food after the expiry date.

Best Before Date: This is the date the manufacturer deems the product reaches peak freshness. The date does not indicate spoilage, nor does it necessarily tells you that the food is no longer safe for consumption.

Sell by: This is specifically added for sellers of the products. Most sell-by dates are found on perishables like meat, seafood and milk. The date is a guide for stores to know how long they can display a particular product. After this date, they MUST not sell it.

So, what are the important differences betweenEXPIRY DATE and BEST BEFORE DATE? Each difference is explained in four pages – navigate through the pages by clicking on pages 2 to 5 below. By the time you are done reading this, you would find out that it is not every food that expires and not every food you should throw away after some dates.


Source: http://www.foodsng.com/3-differences-between-expiry-best-before-date-of-food/

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peeparty:
nice @ op

Thanks bro
Oyind17

nice one

orijin normally has "best before" abi??

shockwave91:
orijin normally has "best before" abi??

Go try buy am and confirm it for yourself, me no dey drink am o...

HerexG:

Go try buy am and confirm it for yourself, me no dey drink am o...

u dey miss o!

shockwave91:
u dey miss o!

The thing no good for my body abeg

HerexG:

The thing no good for my body abeg

LOL. So na shine shine bobo be ur brand?

shockwave91:

LOL. So na shine shine bobo be ur brand?

I don turn teetotaler o my brother..

HerexG:

I don turn teetotaler o my brother..

lolxxx. Wetin happen?

shockwave91:

lolxxx. Wetin happen?

My brother I now eat healthy now, I'm slowing down a bit, man dey get older na

HerexG:


My brother I now eat healthy now, I'm slowing down a bit, man dey get older na

haha!i dey tell u. U need am abeg. Recently my mumsi has turned me into a ruminant animal. Na just grass i dey chop. Things like carrot, lettuce, cabbage, green, cucumber, and all oda farm food u can think of. I do take d ocasional alcohol tho

shockwave91:


haha!i dey tell u. U need am abeg. Recently my mumsi has turned me into a ruminant animal. Na just grass i dey chop. Things like carrot, lettuce, cabbage, green, cucumber, and all oda farm food u can think of. I do take d ocasional alcohol tho

So so true my brother, you live fast and die young . Abeg eat those verge well well o, mama loves you well o, no mind those girls wey go dey drag us go fast food up and down

HerexG:


So so true my brother, you live fast and die young . Abeg eat those verge well well o, mama loves you well o, no mind those girls wey go dey drag us go fast food up and down

LOL! I no fit remember the last time i buy all dose fast food snacks sef. I haven't taken a girl out on a date 4 a loooong while now but when next i do I SWEAR she go turn HERBIVORE. The kind grass wey she go chop ehn, if i call am after d date she no go pick my call.

shockwave91:


LOL! I no fit remember the last time i buy all dose fast food snacks sef. I haven't taken a girl out on a date 4 a loooong while now but when next i do I SWEAR she go turn HERBIVORE. The kind grass wey she go chop ehn, if i call am after d date she no go pick my call.

Oh boy na him be say the girl no badt be that, sometimes we need to behave like Romans when we are in Rome. We go follow their way first nd later bend them to follow follow our way . Not talking about those small chewing gum girls o

HerexG:


Oh boy na him be say the girl no badt be that, sometimes we need to behave like Romans when we are in Rome. We go follow their way first nd later bend them to follow follow our way . Not talking about those small chewing gum girls o

e go hard to convert all dose sharwarma babes o! Dose babes r possessed! I no sure say dem even know the benefits of breast feeding their babies.

shockwave91:


e go hard to convert all dose sharwarma babes o! Dose babes r possessed! I no sure say dem even know the benefits of breast feeding their babies.

Dem dey vex me like craze, so obsessed with material things . Where are the ladies like our moms

HerexG:


Dem dey vex me like craze, so obsessed with material things . Where are the ladies like our moms

hahahahaha. Calm down. Dem dey around. Thing b say, we r losing dem on a daily basis to the false "religion of sharwarma". So it's up to people like u and i to carry out "the great commission" and spread the "gospel of eating right" to these possessed ladies. Any ideas??

shockwave91:


hahahahaha. Calm down. Dem dey around. Thing b say, we r losing dem on a daily basis to the false "religion of sharwarma". So it's up to people like u and i to carry out "the great commission" and spread the "gospel of eating right" to these possessed ladies. Any ideas??

For now na one on one ministry we go dey do, try making them understand say you are absolutely what you eat. You let go of those extra baggages when you eat right, right now I dey weigh only 60kg because I no dey use eyes see fat for my body o.

HerexG:


For now na one on one ministry we go dey do, try making them understand say you are absolutely what you eat. You let go of those extra baggages when you eat right, right now I dey weigh only 60kg because I no dey use eyes see fat for my body o.

60kg?? Damn!
To be honest i don't know what i weigh. I've never been fat & will never be fat. But i'm not skinny either. You are absolutely what u eat and sometimes i wish i had started practising this sh*t when i was younger. Things would have been different...

shockwave91:


60kg?? Damn!
To be honest i don't know what i weigh. I've never been fat & will never be fat. But i'm not skinny either. You are absolutely what u eat and sometimes i wish i had started practising this sh*t when i was younger. Things would have been different...

Yesso you should try check ur weight o, besides eating right I dey use some weekends workout too. My body is the only house I get to live in o, so I dey clean the unwanted cabbages inside there wella

HerexG:


Yesso you should try check ur weight o, besides eating right I dey use some weekends workout too. My body is the only house I get to live in o, so I dey clean the unwanted cabbages inside there wella

workout?? I bin dey carry cement b4 but turns out sh*t is more destructive than helpful to ur body. Had to quit