FSSAI has made regulations to control activities for safe and wholesome food delivered to consumers.
there are so many regulations on this. in which FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARD (PACKAGING AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS 2011 FOR Controlling all activities on packaging of food.
#DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEST BEFORE AND USE BY DATE#
BEST BEFORE :
Best before means the date which signifies the end of period under any stated storage conditions during which food shall remain fully marketable and shall retain any specific quality for which tacit or express claims have been made.
and beyond that date, food may still be perfectly safe to consume, though its quality may have diminished.
USE BY DATE:
USE BY DATE OR RECOMMENDED LAST CONSUMPTION DATE OR EXPIRY DATE MEANS the date which signifies the end of the estimated period under any stated storage conditions, after which the food probably will not have the quality and safety attributes normally expected by consumers
and food shall not be sold
MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEST BEFORE AND USE BY DATE IS THAT IN BEST BEFORE WE CAN STILL USE PRODUCT TO CONSUME BUT IN USE BY DATE WE CAN'T USE PRODUCTS AFTER THAT DATE
NORMALLY SHORT SELF LIFE PRODUCT WRITTEN USE BY DATE
BEST BEFORE AND USE BYE DATE FORMAT ACCORDING TO FSSAI regulations
1) in case of package or bottle containing sterilised or ultra high temperature treated milk ,soya milk, flavoured milk any package containing bread, dhokala, bhelpuri, Pizza, doughnuts, khoa, paneer or any uncanned package of fruits, vegetable, meat fish or any other like commodity the declaration be made as follows:
"BEST BEFORE........... DATE/MONTH/YEAR"
"BEST BEFORE......... DAYS FORM PACKAGING"
BEST BEFORE.........DAYS FROM MANUFACTURER
(NOTE:
A) Blanks be filled up
B) Month and year may be used in numerals
C) Year may be given in two digits
2)
the month and here in in capital letters up to which the product is best for conception, in the following manner namely,:
" BEST BEFORE....... MONTHS AND YEAR"
" BEST BEFORE .......MONTHS FROM PACKAGING "
" BEST BEFORE ..........MONTHS FROM MANUFACTUR
(NOTE: BLANK BE FILLED UP)
3) IN CASE OF INFANT MILK SUBSTITUTE AND INFANT FOODS INSTEAD OF BEST BEFORE DATE, USE BY DATE RECOMMENDED LAST CONSUMPTION DATE, EXPIRY DATE SHALL BE GIVEN
4) IN CASE OF Aspartame, instead of Best Before date, Use by date/recommend last consumption date/expiry Date shall be given, which shall not be more than three years from the date of packaging
5) Provided further that the declaration of best before date for consumption shall not be applicable to
wines and liquors
alcoholic beverages containing 10 percentage or more by volume of alcohol
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