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What standards are used in Thailand for best before dates?

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June 14, 2019

Dear readers,

My girlfriend went shopping in a “farang food” store. When I get home I notice with surprise that the freshness date of chocolate pudding is 1 year!! Yes a year!

Can someone tell me what standards there are in Thailand regarding the preservatives used?

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10 responses to “What are the standards for use by dates in Thailand?”

  1. ruud says up
    14 June 2019 on 12: 08

    There are probably a lot of preservatives in the food.
    The fresh milk already has a long expiration date, but is still drinkable two weeks after it has been exceeded. (when kept in the refrigerator)

  2. Jacques says up
    14 June 2019 on 12: 45

    There are plenty of companies in Thailand that have their affairs in order, but with regularity it still happens that goods are out of date. I always look at the expiration date, because I know about this problem. This is therefore not always handled accurately. A warned person counts for 2 and I do not think that this will change much, even if this is communicated to the employees of the company concerned. Criticism is generally not appreciated. The freshness date is the same as in the Netherlands, which is stated on the packaging. They are not that unworldly in Thailand, but they are often very easy going.

  3. Jeffrey says up
    14 June 2019 on 12: 55

    There are no standards everything is sold as long as the packaging is not damaged and as in your case has been in the refrigerator and I have my doubts because refrigerated products are reduced in price before the expiry date and if it has not been sold I have hereby So I doubt if you got it right.

  4. Kees Janssen says up
    14 June 2019 on 15: 14

    Shelf life is a relative matter.
    The frozen products in the bigC, for example, are not deep-frozen. They are often half thawed.
    Normally you can store frozen products in the freezer for a long time. However, refreezing these goods is bad.
    The fresh meat department is also filled with frozen chicken, etc. These are defrosted and can only be used the day after purchase or the next day.
    Incidentally, many products are discounted that are approaching their expiration date.

  5. Ton says up
    14 June 2019 on 15: 19

    Haha, I was once approached by a Thai who provided canned food with a new expiration date. She had a production line that automatically soaked the labels from cans and then provided the cans with a new label with a new date. Intended for export to Cambodia. Now I know from my years of service that the emergency rations provided to me by the Dutch government have an expiration date several decades in the future, but I did not answer the question whether I could supply canned food from the Netherlands. So maybe they are strict in Thailand with the expiration date, but then they have no problem exporting the problem.

  6. brabant man says up
    14 June 2019 on 20: 57

    What always strikes me is, those are the ready-made sandwiches at 7/11. A portion is not in the refrigerator, but simply on one of the shelves in the store. It looks ominously spoiled and rotting but apparently it is sold to enthusiasts anyway.

  7. Harry Roman says up
    15 June 2019 on 18: 42

    “chocopudding freshness date 1 year”. If it has undergone a UHT treatment (and therefore NOT if in NL it is only filled as pure as possible with pasteurization), that is quite feasible for one year.

    You know.. there is no arguing about TASTE..

  8. Fred S says up
    16 June 2019 on 22: 54

    NB!! The stated date is not always the best before date, but often also the date of production. So read well. A tenant of mine once threw away all the beer I had recently bought for him from Tesco. Deadly sin.

  9. richard says up
    17 June 2019 on 15: 38

    when people in the Netherlands are delighted with food through food banks and similar institutions, they discover that the sell-by date was set with a considerable reserve.

  10. Harry Roman says up
    17 June 2019 on 17: 44

    At least Best Before (Best Before) = the date of which the manufacturer guarantees that the product still has the minimum properties that may be required = guarantee date.
    Do you throw away your TV when that date has passed?
    With that THT date, a manufacturer simply limits liability to .. 3 -6-12-24 months, but there is really no chip built in that converts the product into a deadly poison at exactly midnight.
    Preserves: after a few years, the tin accumulates to such an extent that the contents will have a tin taste. Mihoen, rice, steamed wheat noodles in a good laminate packaging:.. YEAR N..


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