消しょう費ひ期き限げん

noun

expiry date; use-by date

Primarily used for food and other perishable items, indicating the date after which the product should not be consumed for safety reasons. Contrast with 賞味期限 (best-before date), which indicates peak quality.

• この牛ぎゅう乳にゅうの消しょう費ひ期き限げんは明日あしたまでです。

  This milk's use-by date is tomorrow.

• 消しょう費ひ期き限げんが切きれた食しょく品ひんは食たべないでください。

  Please do not eat food past its expiry date.