What are production date, expiration date and PAO?
Production date (or manufacture date) is the date when your product was manufactured. More precisely, it is the date when the batch of cosmetics (also called lot) was produced. This date can be printed on the package, but for some reason it is usually omitted. Expiration date is the date after which your cosmetic product will be expired and should not be used anymore. According to the European Union’s Cosmetic Directive, this date must be specified only for the cosmetics which shelf life period is 30 months or less. If this date is present, it should be printed directly on product package in the form month/year or day/month/year, for example: Exp. 09/10 means that you can use the makeup only till September, 2010; Exp. 15/06/2010 means that makeup can be used only before 15 of June, 2010. Such way, if shelf life of the cosmetic product is more than 30 months (e.g. 3 years), the expiry date probably will not be printed. But this doesn’t mean that you can use the product during whole 3 ye
