In 2020, approximately ** percent of participants stated in a survey conducted in the United Kingdom that they judge that food is no longer safe to eat by the use by date. Approximately ** percent stated that they believe it to be no longer safe to eat by the best before date.
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Food Standards Agency. (June 9, 2021). How consumers judge when food is expired in the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) in 2020, by product information [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/1257647/signs-by-which-consumers-recognize-of-when-food-is-expired-in-the-united-kingdom/
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