Talk:Best before

Freshness dates are also used on milk and various other perishable foods. This article is a bit too beer-specific at present.
 * That's kind of the point, I thought there was enough information on freshness dating that it warranted its own article. There's already info on best before dates.  Would you rather it be at Freshness date (beer)?  For other foods the terms "best before" or "expiration date" are often used, "freshness date" and the redirects I've made such as "Born-On date" are more beer-centric.  Many people see this as an advertising gimmick by the beer companies so I thought we should provide some information on the subject.
 * And please sign your comments with four tilde's ( ~ ). Dismas 18:19, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I do normally sign my comments, not sure how I forgot. I wasn't aware of the articles on best before dates. I think the best thing would be to merge the two articles, but failing that, each should have a link to the other, IMO. DES (talk) 18:27, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I have now added such cross-links. DES (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Like I said, I think there's enough info for its own article. I found a bit more info on the net so I hope to expand it a little this coming weekend maybe... if I get the time.  Dismas 18:36, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Date codes section
I have removed this entire section. All beer in Europe has by law to have a best before date. To include in this section every single beer brand would be an endless and frankly pointless task. SilkTork 13:05, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Merge
Freshness date is the same as Best before date. The wording Freshness date or Born on, or some other such makes no difference to the essential nature of what the words are saying. SilkTork 13:07, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Merged
Text from Freshness date merged with Best before and edited. SilkTork 12:48, 3 July 2006 (UTC)