FSSAI Food Packets Expiry Date Guidelines; Best Before Vs Use By Difference | Important News- Expired breakfast served in flight: Why is it necessary to check the expiry date of food and cosmetics, how to check

A case of serving expired food packets to a passenger has come to light on Saturday in an Akasa Airlines flight from Gorakhpur to Bengaluru.

Regarding this, the passenger complained to Akasa Airlines on the social media platform X (Twitter), after which the airlines admitted that some passengers were inadvertently served breakfast that does not meet our quality standards. The airlines have assured to investigate the matter and take action.

Passenger’s Twitter post is going viral on social media

We all know that food products, medicines, grocery items and even cosmetic products have expiry date, best before or use by date written on them. All these signs mean the last date of use of the product, but there is a slight difference in it, which is important to understand.

so today news of need I will talk about why it is important to check the expiry date of any product?

Question: What is the difference between ‘expiry’, ‘best before’ and ‘use-by’ date?

answer- Usually people consider the best before date and use-by date as the expiry date of the product and get confused and throw away the product, while there is a difference between these three as well.

Let us understand the difference between these three through the graphic given below.

Question: Which things should I check for expiry date before buying?

answer- Food items, medicines, grocery items and cosmetic products available in packages have a shelf life. After the shelf life, their effect may reduce or they may harm your health. It is the responsibility of the manufacturing company to determine and validate the shelf life of the products. Therefore, it is very important to check the expiry date.

Question- What is the shelf life of cosmetic products?

answer- The shelf life of cosmetic products depends on its maintenance. Generally, most cosmetics products have a shelf life of 30 months and 10-12 months after opening. There are two ways to check it.

Question: What kind of side effects can occur by using the product after the expiry date?

answer- After the expiry date, the quality, capacity or taste of food items gradually deteriorates. This can be identified by the change in colour, texture or smell. Apart from this, the potency of cosmetic products also reduces after the expiry date. What and how much harm will be caused to the body by expired food items or cosmetic products depends on how many days ago the products expired.

For example, eating expired dairy products can cause indigestion or food poisoning because bacteria can grow in them after the shelf life is over. Applying expired creams or lotions can cause skin problems.

Understand from the graphic given below how dangerous it can be to use food or cosmetic products after the expiry date.

Question: What things should be kept in mind while buying grocery or cosmetic products online?

answer- There is a risk of delivery of expired goods in online shopping because people do not read the details related to the product carefully in a hurry during deals or offers.

In such a situation, take special care of these things-

• Do read the reviews before buying the product.
• Before buying a product during a sale, check the expiry date carefully. Most companies sell products whose expiry date is coming soon.
• If the expiry date is not written on any product then do not buy it.
• According to the rules of the Central Government, the expiry date of the product sold online should also be written on it. This will curb those online websites which claim to give 70-80 percent discount.
• Companies do not give much offers on quality products. So before buying any item, do research about the product.

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