Use By
Category: Food Trade
Definition (plain English)
A safety-led date after which certain foods should not be sold or consumed, especially chilled, ready-to-eat, or higher-risk products.
Why it matters commercially
Use-by dating is a compliance and safety control, so short remaining life can create rejection, recall, disposal, and customer-liability exposure.
Example
A chilled private-label product looked profitable until the team realized customs and distribution time would leave only eight days before use-by at store receipt.
Common mistake
Treating use-by stock like best-before stock and relying on markdowns when the safe selling window is already too short.
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