{"id":58847,"date":"2026-04-20T15:46:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/glossary\/minimum-durability-date\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:41:12","slug":"minimum-durability-date","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/glossary\/minimum-durability-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Durability Date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8220;best before&#8221; date, which has replaced the &#8220;use by&#8221; date, is a mandatory legal requirement on long-life food products, such as groceries and certain beverages. It specifies the period during which the product can be consumed while maintaining its optimal quality. Often displayed on product packaging with the phrase &#8220;Best before\u2026&#8221;, this indication means that the product remains safe to consume after this date, but its sensory characteristics (taste, texture, smell) may be altered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;best before&#8221; date, which has replaced the &#8220;use by&#8221; date, is a mandatory legal requirement on long-life food products, such as groceries and certain beverages. It specifies the period during which the product can be consumed while maintaining its optimal quality. Often displayed on product packaging with the phrase &#8220;Best before\u2026&#8221;, this indication means [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_glossary-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[102],"glossary-tags":[],"class_list":["post-58847","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-categories-intellectual-property-marketing-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/58847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/58847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=58847"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=58847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}