If a food expiration date or best by date is a month is that first or last day of the month?
If a food expiration date or best by date is only given in month/year, is the true date the first of the month or last of the month?
If a food expiration date or best by date is only given in month/year, is the true date the first of the month or last of the month?
Under Indian Legal Jurisdictions ?
Under Indian Legal Jurisdictions ?
No, In general
Generally speaking, it should be good until the end of that month.
Generally speaking an expiration date includes the day/month/year
Best before are subjective , if it says May 23, I would think you'd have the entire month--------bear in mind a best before ONLY relates to organoleptic characteristics (colour, smell etc.) and not food safety concerns
If there is one thing that is misunderstood by consumers, it's dates.
"Best Before" is NOT an expiration date it's about optimal organoleptic properties, not safety.
If a product runs the risk of expiring, it should read "expiry date", "expiration date" or something similar.
If there is one thing that is misunderstood by consumers, it's dates.
"Best Before" is NOT an expiration date it's about optimal organoleptic properties, not safety.
If a product runs the risk of expiring, it should read "expiry date", "expiration date" or something similar.
Thanks for your input
In case you missed it, I have liked Scampi's answer because I agree with it.
IIRC, in USA, date labelling is merely a suggestion with no legal relevance.
eg, {post 3} there may well be no "General" but a variety of "specifics."
To clarify my earlier post. If the product were to expire earlier in the month, it wouldn't be able to get a month/year formatted date in the first place. You'd have a full date instead.