# Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2: The ‘use by’ date shall be indicated as follows:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a)it shall be preceded by the words ‘use by …’;
(b)the words in point (a) shall be accompanied by:
either the date itself, or,
a reference to where the date is given on the labelling,
Those particulars shall be followed by a description of the storage conditions which must be observed;
(c)the date shall consist of the day, the month and, possibly, the year, in that order and in uncoded form;
(d)the ‘use by’ date shall be indicated on each individual prepacked portion.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1169/annex/X/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1169/annex-X/division-2
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