SPECIAL PURCHASE - BEER CODING INFORMATION



|UPDATE to BEER CODING INFORMATION |

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|LCBO No.: |Description: |

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|Metric Size Per Selling Unit (mL): |Bottles/Cans Per Selling Unit: |Selling Units Per Shipping Container: |

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|Brewery: |

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|PRODUCT CODE INFORMATION – please complete all sections |

|The updated shelf life of this product from the date of production is? |      |(days) | |

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|*** ( appropriate boxes and provide examples in spaces provided. *** |

|Shipping Container (Carton or Tray) |Selling Unit |

|The coding format used on the shipping carton is : |The date coding format used on the selling unit is : |

| | |Best Before/Freshness Date |Production Date |

|P.O. Number |Best Before Date |Notches in label |Alphanumeric |

|Production Date |Lot Number |Best Before (month/year) |Alphanumeric (additional) |

| | |Best Before (numeric) |Numeric |

| | |Best Before (alphanumeric) |Julian Calendar |

| | | |Lot Number |

|Example of coding used: |      |

|ACCEPTABLE DATE CODE FORMATS |

|Best Before/Freshness Date ( |Production Date Formats ( |

|Notches in Label (mm/yy) |Alphanumeric (A2101) |

|Best Before End of |A2101 = January 21, 2001 |

|01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 – 01 02 03 | |

|Best Before/ Freshness Date | |

|Best Before: January 21, 2002 (month/year) | |

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|Best Before: 210102 (dd/mm/yy – numeric) | |

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|Best Before: 21A02 (dd/mm/yy - alphanumeric) | |

| | A = January |E = May |J = September |

| |B = February |F = June |K = October |

| |C = March |G = July |L = November |

| |D = April |H = August |M = December |

| |Alphanumeric (with additional coding information) |

| |A2101 6206:17 = January 21, 2001 |

| | | A = month (1st) | 6 = plant number |

| | |21 = day (21st) |20 = bottling line |

| | |01 = year (2001) |6.17 = time |

|For Office Use Only |Julian Calendar (e.g. 1021) |

| |1 = year (2001) |

| |021 = day (21st day of the year) |

| |Lot Number (e.g. L1021) |

| |L = Lot Number (indicator) |

| |1 = year (2001) |

| |021 = day (21st day of the year) |

| |Numeric |

| |21/01/2001 or 2001/01/21 |

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|Copy forwarded to Quality Services: Yes No | |

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*NOTES:

1) Shelf life extensions may not exceed the “Best Before” date

2) To ensure product freshness at Retail, inventory will be considered stale dated and cease shipping once it reaches 30 days shelf life

3) Updates to beer date coding shelf life will be considered once per year and extensions will apply to all products in the same brand family

See the consumer unit labelling requirements section of the LCBO Product Packaging Standards for more details.

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