901:3-57-04 Sale date; information and location.

 

 

 

901:3-57-04                 Sale date; information and location.

 

 

 

(A)     No person shall knowingly sell a perishable food product in a consumer size packages package unless the package is clearly marked with a sale date by the packager. No other similarly stated date may appear on the package. However, nothing in this regulation shall prohibit a coded date, such as a Julian date, which may be required by federal law.

 

(B)    The sale date markings shall be legible to the average consumer under normal conditions of purchase.

 

(C)    Label declarations - theThe sale date may be indicated by appropriate descriptive terms such as "sell before," "sell by," etc. Terminology used to describe the sale date of a perishable food product shall be easily understood by the average consumer.

 

(D)     Method of dating - theExcept as provided in paragraph (E) of this rule, the combination of words, numbers and/or abbreviations used to designate the sale date shall be easily understood by the average consumer. Words, numbers or abbreviations or a combination of words, numbers or abbreviations such as Nov. 23, 11-23, November 23, etc. are acceptable.

 

Bakery products with a sale date of less than seven days from the date of packaging may be dated with the days of the week or abbreviations of same in lieu of the foregoing requirements, as follows:

 

Sunday ...........SU, SUN

 

Monday .........MO, MON

 

Tuesday .........TU, TUES

 

Wednesday ....WE, WED

 

Thursday ..........TH, THU, THUR

 

Friday ..............FR, FRI

 

.Saturday ...........SA, SAT

 

(E)Bakery products with a sale date of less than seven days from the date of packaging may be dated with the days of the week or their abbreviations as follows:

 

Day of the Week	Acceptable Abbreviations
Sunday	SU, SUN

 

 

Monday	MO, MON
Tuesday	TU, TUE
Wednesday	WE, WED
Thursday	TH, THU, THUR
Friday	FR, FRI
Saturday	SA, SAT

(E) Location of "sale date" information - "sale date" information shall be located on the package in a manner traditionally established by the trade and recognized by the consumer.

Effective:   Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:		09/16/2016   07/01/2016 and 09/16/2021
CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Certification
09/06/2016
Date
Promulgated Under:	119.03
Statutory Authority:	3715.171
Rule Amplifies:	3715.171
Prior Effective Dates:	1/1/1977