FEFO shelf life and ship-by date
Remaining shelf life of a lot and the last date it can ship and still meet the customer's minimum.
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- Your own numbers, worked out as often as you like
- The full lot sheet you can print or save to My work
- 3 cited sources, linked, with the checks to make
- Every other tool for the same role, in the same plan
- A plain-words read of your result (a fuller AI read with the Bifrost AI add-on)
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Example result · fictional numbers
What you get: lot sheet
Worked out by this tool from its default inputs. Its role plan lets you run your own numbers, print the sheet and save it.
130 cases ($5,460.00) won't ship by 2026-10-16; move them now
- Age
- 37 days
- Shelf life remaining
- 83 days (69%)
- Expiry date
- 2026-12-30
- Ship-by date
- 2026-10-16
- Status
- Ship within 8 days
Lot dating sheet
- Production date
- 2026-09-01 (GS1 AI 11: 260901)
- Expiry date
- 2026-12-30 (GS1 AI 17: 261230)
- Age and life left
- 37 days old, 83 days left of 120 days
- Ship-by for a 60% minimum and 3 days transit
- 2026-10-16
Also on the sheet
- Sell-through plan · 5 lines, starting with “Cases on hand”
- Ship-by date by customer minimum · 4 lines, starting with “50% remaining at delivery”
- Options for the cases at risk · 4 lines, starting with “Lower-minimum outlet (40%)”
The plain-words read of this example
The lot is 37 days old with 83 days of its 120 days shelf life left, and must ship by 2026-10-16 to arrive with 60% remaining. 270 cases ship in time; 130 cases won't at 30 a day. That puts $5,460.00 at risk; a 40%-minimum outlet can take product until 2026-11-09. For a 75% minimum the date moves to 2026-09-28. Federal law doesn't require these dates except on infant formula, and product past a "Best if Used By" date can be donated if it shows no spoilage.
3 cited sources
- Food Product Dating (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
- GS1 Application Identifiers (GS1 Netherlands knowledge base)
- FSMA Final Rule on Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods (US Food and Drug Administration)
Plus 5 step-by-step checks, a print layout and a link that reopens it with your numbers.