What is the expiration date of AFC bags?
AFC bags have a shelf life of three years from date of manufacture unless otherwise indicated by an expiration date on the label.The manufacture date is encoded in the six-digit lot number. The lot number is punched into the fringe material of most of AFC bags. The lot number is on the packaging material of small or closely trimmed bags. The first three digits (on the left) of the lot number is the Julian Date (day of the year – a number between 1 and 365). The fourth digit (from the left) is the year (2006 will have a “6”). The two digits on the right represent the number of lots made that day (starting with zero for the first lot number). Most days we make only one lot so most lot numbers end in “00”. For example: lot number 123400 will indicate the bag was manufactured on the 123rd day of the year 2004 (May 3, 2004). The expiration date for this bag will be the 123rd day of the year 2007 (May 3, 2007).
