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Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ?
#26959972 - 09/29/20 09:16 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hi,
I have receive this product, but I am not sure of the "best before date" as in my country it's not at all writen like that. Can you help ?
If I guess I would say the product is not good since August 14 2020
I just receive this today :
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Mika]
#26959979 - 09/29/20 09:20 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Mika] 1
#26959987 - 09/29/20 09:24 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Mika said: Hi,
I have receive this product, but I am not sure of the "best before date" as in my country it's not at all writen like that. Can you help ?
If I guess I would say the product is not good since August 14 2020
I just receive this today :

It's likely May 27 2020, the 148th day of 2020.
Still fine to drink as long as it hasn't been in the heat and smells okay.
There's a chance that's the day it was canned too, and not an expiration. In that case it'll be good through the end of the year.
edit: assumed it was a weird ban can for some reason. what's the product?
Edited by feevers (09/29/20 02:06 PM)
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Mika]
#26959990 - 09/29/20 09:26 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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So I receive a product that I have bought already past the date, thanks
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Mika] 1
#26959991 - 09/29/20 09:27 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Looks like a manufacture date, not expiration date. Alternatively it's a best by date, but the first 3 numbers are meaningless except to the company, probably the 148th can produced that day meaning its best if use before 2020 expires and still good, but not peak good after. Most cans do not not have expiration dates, they have nave best by dates.
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: feevers]
#26959993 - 09/29/20 09:28 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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feevers said:
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Mika said: Hi,
I have receive this product, but I am not sure of the "best before date" as in my country it's not at all writen like that. Can you help ?
If I guess I would say the product is not good since August 14 2020
I just receive this today :

It's likely May 27 2020, the 148th day of 2020.
Still fine to drink as long as it hasn't been in the heat and smells okay.
There's a chance that's the day it was canned too, and not an expiration. In that case it'll be good through the end of the year.
didn't even think they would use the Julian calendar date.
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Ice9]
#26959997 - 09/29/20 09:32 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's the best before date, it's say to look at it at the bottom.
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Mika]
#26959999 - 09/29/20 09:33 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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It’s a coded manufacturing date. Does not mean it’s expired. More for the manufacturers to know what batch it is if something wrong happens with it so they can put a recall in with retailers. If you really wanna know just email the company and they will tell you
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: undersativaskies]
#26960002 - 09/29/20 09:35 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yes I will do it
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Mika]
#26960290 - 09/29/20 12:45 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's a code date.
It's a code and a date..
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Shiithead] 2
#26960303 - 09/29/20 12:57 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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First set of numbers is telling the day of the year / the year it was canned/packaged. So, 148/20 = May 27th, 2020. Second set of numbers is the canning code. Used for tracking.
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Shiithead] 1
#26960304 - 09/29/20 12:58 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Doesn't really matter anyway they have to put a date on it. Canned goods are usually still safe to eat long after their printed date.
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Mika]
#26960371 - 09/29/20 01:58 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah thats the production date for sure
Probably has eternal shelf life unless states otherwise on the packaging
Does it say anything else? And what is it?
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Herbologist]
#26960377 - 09/29/20 02:02 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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I bet they save a shit load of money on ink with 3 digit days to years instead of 4 digit and month/day to year. It's smart. Ink producers capitilize for sure on it.
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Mika]
#26960738 - 09/29/20 05:21 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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If that is a liquid malt extract, I'd say it's still fine for making agar with, though you may want to adjust the recipe if it calls for dry malt extract. If you're making beer with it, I would still use it, but wouldn't waste any other high quality ingredients with it. Brew something cheap.
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Baby_Hitler]
#26961767 - 09/30/20 10:49 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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I had a fast answer from Coopers. I didn't think they would answer. They say I am right for asking cause they write on the bottle it's the "best befor date", but in fact it is the production date.
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: Mika] 1
#26961802 - 09/30/20 11:07 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Mika said: I had a fast answer from Coopers. I didn't think they would answer. They say I am right for asking cause they write on the bottle it's the "best befor date", but in fact it is the production date.
Well that's dumb.
It was better before it even existed
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: feevers]
#26961840 - 09/30/20 11:36 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sometimes the date is not printed anywhere near the part that says "Best before". When I was a kid I thought it was intended as general advice that its condition was in continuous decline, so the sooner you eat it, the better.
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Re: Can you help reading a "best before date" in english ? [Re: psi]
#26961849 - 09/30/20 11:43 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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I don’t consume anything from a dented can after I saw what happened to a methed out kid that hadn’t eaten or slept in days that ate from a dented can.
I don’t think I have ever seen anyone that violently ill with food poisoning before or since.
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#26961863 - 09/30/20 11:49 AM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's the 8th day of the 14th month in 1920.
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