Is expiry date required for prepacked raw produce?
The Second Schedule of the Food Regulations contains a list of prepacked foods that must be date marked, of which Item 8 (listed below) includes chilled prepacked raw produce. "8. Food which is stored or required to be stored at a chilling temperature to maintain or prolong its durable life, including ready-to-eat minimally processed fruits and vegetables such as cut fruits and vegetables but excluding all other forms of raw fruits and vegetables." "Raw produce" is defined in Regulation 10(6) to include raw meat, raw minced or chopped meat, raw organs, raw fish, raw crustaceans and raw shellfish; but excludes process or manufactured food products such as corned, cured, pickled or salted meat, smoked meat, hamburger meat and other burger meat, sausage meat, smoked fish, fish ball and fish cake. The date mark for chilled raw produce can be stated as the date of packing in the following manner: (a) "PACKING DATE (here insert the day, month and year)"; (b) "PACKED ON (here insert the day, month and year)"; or (c) "PKD (here insert the day, month and year)". More information on date marking and food labels can be found in our Guide to Food Labelling and Advertisements.
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