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shelf life
(redirected from Freshness date)

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shelf life [′shelf ‚līf]
(engineering)
The time that elapses before stored food, chemicals, batteries, and other materials or devices become inoperative or unusable due to age or deterioration.
storage life, shelf life
The time period for which a material (such as a packaged adhesive or sealant) can be stored, under specified temperature conditions, and remain suitable for use.
shelf life
The time period during which an adhesive, coating, sealant, or the like, can be stored (under specified conditions) and remain suitable for use.
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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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