In 2020, approximately 71 percent of participants stated in a survey conducted in the United Kingdom that they judge that food is no longer safe to eat by the use by date. Approximately 11 percent stated that they believe it to be no longer safe to eat by the best before date.
How consumers judge when food is expired in the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) in 2020, by product information
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Food Standards Agency. (June 9, 2021). How consumers judge when food is expired in the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) in 2020, by product information [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257647/signs-by-which-consumers-recognize-of-when-food-is-expired-in-the-united-kingdom/
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