Flour Lot Code Interpretation: How to Read Manufacturing Code Dates
The code date is printed on one gusset (side) of the bag. The production code date format for bakery flour products is as follows:
Format:
25NOV8 PC (other information)
25 = Day
NOV = Month of November
8 = Year, 2018
PC = Plant Code
Other information could include line number, shift, time
Month abbreviations:
| January |
JAN |
| February |
FEB |
| March |
MAR |
| April |
APR |
| May |
MAY |
| June |
JUN |
| July |
JUL |
| August |
AUG |
| September |
SEP |
| October |
OCT |
| November |
NOV |
| December |
DEC |
Best Used By date is 1 year from the manufacturing date.