Best Practice for Determining Expiry Dates

Team,

My chef and i have been having issues with expiry dates.what is the best practice  to determine expiry?.any validation?support literature?

Thank you,

Lawrence 

Hi Lawrence,

Please clarify if this is raw materials? ingredients? or cooked product? and what type?

Regards,

Tony

Tony,

Cooked products.

Thanks ,

Lawrence

Hi Lawrence

This will depend on type of cooked food, if you blast chill and storage temperatures.

Do you have a cook/chill/storage procedure?

Regards,

Tony

Lawrence:

NSW Food Authority's Shelf Life testing monograph might provide some guidance and references: 

http://ucfoodsafety....files/49285.pdf

Also, after you've determined the shelf life, check your country's/region's legislation about the naming of the dates to be sure you're not really meaning "Use by" or "Sell by" or "Best if used before" dates.

In Canada, for example, "Expiry Date" has a specific definition in the regulation.

Brita

Thank you 

Hi Larry,

I guess yr query is equivalent to shelf life.

As tony noted, this is not a simple topic particularly in view of possible scope.

There are some basic recommendations in shelf life threads on this forum. Might be worth a search since probably not a vast number of hits