Food Tips & Info > AdviceFebruary 11, 2010

Codes on Food Packaging

How do you decipher code numbers on food packages?

By Cheryl from Savannah, GA

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02/12/2010

Each manufacturer has it's own codes for tracking 'batches' for quality control of all food (and other) items. When you hear about a 'recall' for a problem with any given batch of food it's because of those numbers that helped to track.

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