How To Read Shelf Life Codes
*Lysol Concentrate Shelf Life is 2 Years*
By: Mamabear
01 May 2009
Nov 05, 2014 Read on for each Clorox shelf life by item number. Clorox Commercial products are stamped with a date code that corresponds to specific shelf lives. Read on for each. How to Read Shampoo Expiration Date Codes Another way you can determine the shelf life of shampoo is through the expiration date codes. These are alphanumeric models written or engraved on the bottle to indicate how long the shampoo will stay fresh. Look for a date accompanied with “use by,” “sell by,” or “best. ” Check the bottom of the product, the sides of the container, the lid, and the necks of bottles. The numbers are stamped on and can sometimes be hard to read or find depending on where they were placed. Sep 06, 2019 To read a date code printed on perishable food, look for a date with the words “use by” or “sell by” before it. For canned food and ready-to-eat meals, check the packaging for a 5-digit code that signifies when the food was manufactured. In this code, the first 2 numbers stand for the year, while the last 3 represent the day of the year. Shelf life index – alphabetical by vendor name. Vendor name sap vendor # 3 springs water 300000 21st century brands 302383 a & i concentrates 302504 abbott 301393 abbott 301392 absopure water 300010 ac humko 300004 ach food co 313 advanced seasonal innovations 303161 afterglow 302548 albanese confection 300025.
The Techs at Lysol said Lysol Concentrate has a shelf life of two years.
Here's how to decipher the manufacture date from the bottle code using a sample from one of my bottles:
B5053-NJ2-0352 (bottle code)
Ignore the leading letter.
The next number - 5 in this case - is the year, so 2005.
The next three numbers are the Julian date -- 053 - so Feb. 23 or so.
If you aren’t familiar with Julian Dates, here is a web site that will do the conversion for you:
Julian Date Converter:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/JulianDate.php
How it works:
Put the bottle code into the slot listed as Julian date to Calendar date. Click on “Compute Calendar Date” and let the computer do the work for you.
Shaman pointed out the following:
All the MSDS sheets for various Lysol products that list a shelf life give 2+ years, no matter what the ingredients. For Lysol concentrate, here is information for the key chemical:
Reactivity Profile
ORTHO-BENZYL-PARA-CHLOROPHENOL. It is incompatible with acids and oxidizing agents (NTP, 1992). It is sensitive to light. It is stable at temperatures up to 77°F when protected from light, but storage at 140° F causes decomposition.
So if it's kept out of the light and below 77°F or so, it should be stable for a good long while. The other active ingredients are alcohols, so they should be stable also.
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Shelf life items are products that are effective, useful or suitable for consumption for a limited time period. They are expected to deteriorate or become unstable to the degree that a storage period must be assigned to assure that the material will perform satisfactorily in service. In short, the item spoils or will not perform its intended function for the customer after long-term, or even short-term, storage. All of these shelf life items are recognized for their sensitivity to light, temperature, moisture or handling. Packaging deterioration and improper storage or preservation can also adversely affect shelf life.
The 'Program Objectives' under 41CFR 101-27.203 cite the need to identify those items having a limited serviceable life. In order to assure maximum customer use of shelf life items, each of these items must be identified, including newly procured items having limited serviceability. Expired shelf life items no longer support the customer's mission, and incur additional costs for disposal. DoD customers maintain stocks of shelf life products to support their mission. GSA is sensitive to their needs concerning these items.
GSA must include the applicable shelf life clauses in solicitations and contracts. Specifying a maximum age on delivery will help to ensure that the customer receives the products with the maximum shelf life remaining, resulting in more effective use of these products. Specifying the proper marking for these items ensures that they will be effectively managed when received. Both are necessary to provide the best service to GSA's customers.
The office/activity Engineering/Technical support group can analyze solicitation requirements or product lines. Otherwise, look in Section Four of the FED-STD-793B, 'Depot Storage Standards' for commodity points of contact and the Federal Supply Groups (FSGs), or Federal Supply Classes (FSCs) that may have or need shelf life coding. The WEBFLIS (a nongovernment website) database identifies NSN shelf life items and their assigned shelf life codes.
Type I - are critical end-use items, the failure of which could endanger human life or cause major systems (such as an aircraft) to fail. Examples include:
- Preserved and packaged foods;
- Medicines;
- Heat dissipating coatings; and
- Some adhesives and sealing compounds.
These items have a definite, non-extendible shelf life. They are marked with an expiration date, after which they must be properly disposed. The cataloging data for each Type I item will contain an alpha shelf-life code, such as C for three months, H for 12 months and M for 24 months.
Type II - items are those for less critical applications, and which can be reinserted periodically to determine their continued fitness for use. Most shelf life items fall into this category. Examples include:
- Paints
- Pens
- Adhesive tapes
- Chemicals
- Disinfectants
- Markers
- Cleaning supplies.
They are marked with a reinsertion date, which may be extended several times, depending on established criteria and agency policy. The cataloging data for each Type II item will contain a numeric shelf life code, such as one for three months, four for 12 months, and six for 24 months.
The item manager in the agency responsible for the Federal Supply Class normally makes the determination. Within GSA, he or she will be in the standardization/engineering office of a Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Center. The determination is usually based on the manufacturer's recommendation and government experience with similar products. Only NSN items are assigned a shelf life code.
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Consider the assigned shelf life, the maximum acceptable age of the material when offered or delivered to the government (or both), and any special packaging or marking that may be required. This information will normally be specified in the technical description for NSN items. A minimum guaranteed shelf life may also be specified. Guidance for the age on delivery is given by the standardization/engineering offices in the 'Standards Engineering Desk Guide.'
Both Federal Standard 123 (FED-STD-123) 'Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)' and MIL-STD-129 'Military Marking For Shipment and Storage' require that they be marked with the following:
- Date of manufacture, cure (rubber and elastomers only), assembly or pack (subsistence only);
- Date of expiration (month and year), for Type I (non-extendable) items; or
- Date of re-inspection (month and year), for Type II (extendable) items.
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FED-STD-793B is available online.