It might be the Julian date (I have no idea where the name comes from) which is just basically January 1st is 001, December 31st is 365, and the rest of the year is between. So this would be around December 15th.
We used it for food expirations on some things at the convenience store I used to work at.
Some uk supermarkets have started dropping the use by date in favour of codes like this. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45786012 The article says it’s to reduce waste and that staff will have special training to know when to bin stuff. I imagine the training is in how to read the codes.
Did you know you can store smoked salmon at room temp pretty much indefinitely in an unopened package?
Food storage has gotten really good, all the tricks of smoke, sugar or salt of our ancestors with now radiation sterilization and other cool tricks with science.
All that to say. It's probably fine. You just bought it and I'm sure this was made to last as long as it can as reliably as it can so that they don't lose money.Most best buy dates are just made up anyways and not based on much. Check for gas build up, a weird odor, extreme discoloration, or foreign objects or growths. That will get you through pretty much every rotten food type without having to taste it.
That's said, where are you shopping that has a mixture of Japanese, Chinese, French, and robot codes?
Live Journal user id 349
In order to determine the best before you'll need to solve the emo's riddle.
That looks like a failure to regulate and standardize expiration date format which ultimately benefits corporations and fucks the consumer.
It's best before the amount of time it takes to do 349 Oh Long Johnsons.
Julian date format, Dec 14th (349th day of the year)
The LJ prefix is some manufacturer code, not relevant to exp date
Looks like a Julian date. 349 would reference the 349th day of the year. So assuming this year 2024, it would be best by December 14. Normally it would have the year at the end of the 3 digits (3494) for BB Dec 14 2024. Best guess I have. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
This may be No Stupid Questions, but there sure are a lot of stupid answers.
It means:
"Take it back to the retailer and get your money back."
Or:
"Eat me for a personal food poisoning experience."
Take your pick..
Stands for “Alan please add best by date”
Do you plan to take a flight at some stage?
Chinese dates have two word years that equate to animals (see the options on this date converter), but they don't have an 'L' sound, so none of them are going to start with that. No clue unless it's a typo.
L is probably the factory code J could be the number 9, if A=0, so the last digit of the year. So a guess would be Dec 14th 2029. Which seems like a long way off. Unless A=1, that means J=0, so 2020 and it's expired, but maybe 2030.
"Best Before" doesn't mean anything. Only "Use By" is an indicator of expired food.
Maybe December 2022. But who knows.
Damn this one is tough my best guess LJ is like how the manufacturer tracks it internally or something like that and the 349 could be like eat before the 349th day of that year. Again this is just a guess probably contact the manufacturer to be 100% clear what that means.
This site says to use it in 1-2 months: https://rivieraseafoodclub.com/products/unagi-freshwater-eel
As many have said, the numerical digits probably refer to a Julian calendar date. Also to consider, some products list the pack date rather than the expiration date. So it’s possible these were packed in December and are already “expired”.
Year 349 since the return of Late Jesus.
It's about 500 years in the future I think
