Open dating of foods /
Open dating plays a vital role in the distribution of the food products from the farm or place of manufacturing to the consumer's home. One principle is that the shelf life is a function of the distribution conditions and can be looked at as the percentage of consumers a manufacturer is willing...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Trumbull, CT :
Food & Nutrition Press,
©2001.
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| Series: | Publications in food science and nutrition.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Open dating plays a vital role in the distribution of the food products from the farm or place of manufacturing to the consumer's home. One principle is that the shelf life is a function of the distribution conditions and can be looked at as the percentage of consumers a manufacturer is willing to displease. Thus, one purpose of an open date is to give consumers enough time to purchase a food product and store it at home for a reasonable period of time before the product reaches the end of shelf-life in terms of some degree of quality change that is still acceptable. If products are not. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470384886 0470384883 9780470385104 0470385103 1281450316 9781281450319 9786611450311 6611450319 |