{"id":9470,"date":"2021-07-01T15:12:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T13:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulmmueller.com\/?p=9470"},"modified":"2021-07-01T15:30:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T13:30:40","slug":"mhd-versus-verbrauchsdatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/mhd-versus-verbrauchsdatum\/","title":{"rendered":"Best before date versus use by date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"fontstyle0\" style=\"color: #bf1b1b;\">PMM College <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Part 2: Our new commodity knowledge for trainees, professionals and all those interested. This time it&#8217;s all about the meaning and the difference between the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/paulmmueller.com\/en\/glossar\/#best-before-date-bbd\"><span class=\"fontstyle0\">best-before date <\/span><\/a><span class=\"fontstyle2\">(BBD) and the <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulmmueller.com\/en\/glossar\/#use-by-date\">use-by date<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Important: <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><strong>The best before date is not a throwaway date!<\/strong> <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">On the contrary, it is a <\/span><strong><span class=\"fontstyle0\">quality date <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"fontstyle2\">and has been valid for food in Germany since 1981. EU-wide, it has been regulated since 2011. The best-before date is easily legible for consumers and is marked on almost all foods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Exceptions apply, for example, to vinegar, table salt, high-proof alcohol (more than 10 percent by volume), but also to wine, sugar in solid form and chewing gum as well as fresh fruit, vegetables and certain baked goods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Manufacturers use the best-before date to indicate until which date &#8211; i.e. how long &#8211; the respective food retains its product-specific properties. This concerns the appearance, smell, taste and consistency. This means that the quality characteristics described above are guaranteed by the manufacturer under the specified storage conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Canned goods allow a special advantage due to their long best-before date, usually for years. For example, canned goods from Paul M. M&uuml;ller such as ADRIA pears or ADRIA tomatoes offer a minimum shelf life of up to 3 years from production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">In most cases, however, the food is still edible even after the best-before date has passed and should not be thrown away straight away. Instead of throwing it away, the consumer should first smell and try it, then decide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">On the other hand, there is the use-by date, which must be indicated on perishable foods such as minced meat, poultry meat or raw milk. <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><strong>Important<\/strong>: <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Such foodstuffs with an expired use-by date may no longer be sold and should not be consumed under any circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">More information in our <a href=\"https:\/\/paulmmueller.com\/en\/glossar\/\">glossary<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PMM College Part 2: Our new commodity knowledge for trainees, professionals and all those interested. This time it&#8217;s all about the meaning and the difference between the best-before date (BBD) and the use-by date. Important: The best before date is not a throwaway date! On the contrary, it is a quality date and has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[417],"tags":[405,423,418],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9470"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9496,"href":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9470\/revisions\/9496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transfer.paulmmueller.fantomas-staging.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}