Seafood Product Expiration Dates – Cans

Looking for our seafood products expiration dates? Our products not expire, but have a best by date. In order to determine this date, you need to find the product date code. In this FAQ, we will show you where to find that date. Moreover, we will discuss the shelf life of each product which will need to be added to the date code. For starters, our cans have a shelf-life. After that, they may start to lose nutritional value. However, they are still safe to eat. In order to find the date of production, look at the top of the can. Looking at the top of the can in the image below, we see a top and bottom row of letters and numbers.

The two sets of numbers are “69 AS” and “3319”, but we only want the bottom four numbers ( “3319” ). Additionally, it is worth noting that this will be the case for all of our can products. So now that we have located the date code, how do we read it? First we need to look at the first three numbers ( “331” ). These numbers represent the day of the year the product was made, in this case the product was made on the 331st day of the year.

After which, we look at the last number ( “9” ), this represents the last digit of the year. When we put these two together, we can identify the production date of this can as the 331st day of 2019. If the customer is not sure if the can is over 10 years old, they can contact us and we will be able to tell them based on the label design. This is because we modify the label slightly once every 10 years.

Expiration Dates –  Jars

Our jars also have a 5 year shelf-life, which we determine from the date of production. However, we find the date code of the jars on the bottom of the jar. For instance, in the picture of the caviar below, the date code is  “0900-1”. In this case, the date code is 5 digits long, some of our products are like this. However, it does not change how we read the date code, the 5th number just tells us which batch of the day it was made in. Consequently, from the date code 0900-1, we can tell this caviar was made on the 90th day of 2020 in the first batch.

This process is similar with our Gift Boxes and Pouches. In fact, we use the same date code process for all of our products. As a result we have a fairly standard process to make identifying a products date code easy. For this reason, we will primarily focus on where to find the date code in the remaining examples. Additionally, we will continue to give an visual example for each product type. Also, we will provide the date for at least one example in each set of pictures.

Seafood Product Expiration Dates –  Gift Boxes and Pouches

Next we will cover gift-boxes and pouches which have a 7-year shelf-life. As we can see in the image on the bottom left, this gift-box has a date code of “2899 1”.  Because the date code is read the same way as the previously given examples, we know it was produced on the 289th day of 2019 in the first batch of the day.

We will also read the other two examples in a similar fashion. Although we will notice the date code on the gold pouch in the center photo (below) is longer, and looks similar to the can code you saw earlier. Similarly, we only want to look at the last 5 numbers on this product, “12503”. From that we can tell this product was made on the 125th day of 2020 in the third batch of the day. Additionally, it is worth noting that this gold pouch product is what is found in each gift box.

Expiration Dates –  Jerky and Pet Treats

Finally we will cover our jerky and pet treats. In addition to there being no change to how we read the date code, locating it is relatively easy.  In order to locate the date code on these two products simply flip the package over and look for the rectangular sticker with the code on it. For instance, we can see the example of the pet-treats below has a code of “19101”. In this example we find the pet treats were made on the 191st day of 2020 in the first batch of the day.

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