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shelf life
(redirected from Freshness date)

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shelf life,
n the amount of time that a product can be stored and still be considered safe and effective for use.
shelf life,
n the length of time a material may be stored without deterioration; the length of time it remains usable.
shelf life
A food industry term, which, in health care, refers to the length of time that a blood product, therapeutic or other product may be stored under appropriate conditions before it must be discarded by law
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Their concern with freshness dates is part of their focus on value.
Aging and shopping by The Shopper Report
Few people would knowingly purchase products past their freshness dates; in fact, shoppers often leave supermarket shelves in disarray after combing the display for, say, the carton of milk stamped with the freshness date furthest away," wrote the authors.
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Although the freshness date of some of the beef expired one year ago, a new one-year expiration date was set on the repackaged beef with its use-by date masked by a maximum of two years, they said.
Ehime wholesaler disguises use-by dates for 'gyudon' beef by Japan Weekly Monitor
 
 
 
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