2) Date of minimum durability or best before date is the date under any stated conditions during which the product will remain fully marketable and will retain any specific qualities.

3) Expiry date or use by date is the date estimated period under stated storage conditions during as after this date, the food should not be regarded as marketable.

4) Food is any substance, whether processed, semi-processed or raw. It is intended for human consumption, and includes drinks, chewing gum and any substance which has been used in the manufacture, preparation or treatment of ‘food’. However, it does not include cosmetics, tobacco or substances used only as drugs.

5) Food additive is any  substance that is  not normally consumed as a food by itself, used for a technological purpose in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, packaging, transport or holding of such food results, or may be reasonably expected to result, (directly or indirectly) in it or its by-products.

6) Ingredient is any substances used in the manufacture or preparation or treatment of a food and may be present in the final products although possibly in a modified form.

7) Label is any, tag, brand, mark, symbol, logo, pictorial or other descriptive matter written, printed, stencilled, marked, embossed or impressed on, or attached to a container of food or accompanying any food including that for the purpose of promoting its sale or disposal.

1) Labeling is any written, printed or graphic matter or that is present on the label, accompanies the food, or is displayed near the food.

2) Name of the food or appropriate designation of the food is a name or a description being a specific and not a generic name or description.

3) Nutrition labeling is a description intended to inform the consumer of the nutrient content of a food.

4) Prepackage is a container, ready for offer to the consumer or for catering purposes in such a way that the contents cannot be altered without opening or changing the packaging.