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Discover LudwigThe phrase "best-before date" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to the date marked on food products indicating when the food should be consumed by to ensure optimal quality of flavor and/or texture. For example, "Please check the best-before date on the milk before you use it."
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best-before date
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Use-by date
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In the UK, online retailer Approved Food sells "short-dated" goods – defined as approaching or past their best-before date.
— What's the best-before date? he said.
They had a best-before date of September 2007.
All of the food looks appetising and is within its best-before date.
Many of us feel we have a best-before date stamped on our foreheads.
Not everyone panics the day after spotting their pack of tomatoes has exceeded its best-before date.
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The "best before" date was some time in the early 1980s.
The other worthies were either dead or well beyond their "best before" date.
Once it goes beyond its "best before" date, most packaged food ends up in landfill.
Variety Funsize -– Family Favourites, product code AV33W, with a best before date from 29/05/16 to 14/08/16.
Variety Funsize – Party Mix, product code: AV33T, with a best before date from 15/05/16 to 07/08/16.
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