Sell-by Dates (Hansard, 11 January 1990)

HC Deb 11 January 1990 vol 164 c735W 735W

§ 17. Mr. Stern
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will initiate national guidelines on sell-by dates.

§ Mr. Maclean
"Sell-by" dates will soon be phased out and "use by" dates for highly perishable foods will be introduced. This will give better protection and information to our consumers. I am presently considering with interested parties whether guidelines should be developed setting out the criteria to be used to determine which foodstuffs should carry a "use by" date.