Overcoming is the action of overcoming an obstacle or being defeated by someone or something . It can also refer to the deviation or inclination of an element ; to the period set to pay for a service or benefit or to settle a debt; or to the maximum date recommended to eat a food or use a certain product and thus avoid counterproductive effects.
For example: "Yesterday I bought a chocolate on the train and, when I got home, I realized that it had no expiration date," "We have to finish the milk in the next few days: the expiration date is almost there." , "Five businesses were fined for selling packaged foods without their corresponding expiration date."
Expiration date
It should be noted that the expiration date is mandatory information on packaging of multiple products. This information indicates up to what day, month and year the product can be consumed or used in optimal conditions. Once this date has passed, the contents of the container may be harmful to health .
The expiration date of food usually provokes two absolutely opposite reactions in people: on the one hand, there are those who do not respect it, since they assure that it is not a strict data and that nothing bad happens if something is consumed too soon. couple of days past the limit; On the other hand, there are those who become obsessed and are not even capable of ingesting a product on the day it expires, for fear of becoming poisoned.
At first glance, it is easy to side with the unconcerned, since it is common knowledge that gastronomic companies not only prevent health problems for their customers, but also seek to offer their products while they look tasty and fresh , which is why The expiration date could be read as "day on which this food will no longer be visually attractive." However, the phrase "prevention is better than cure" is often effectively applied, since there are countless cases of alteration of expiration dates, both in the food and medicinal sectors.
Control bodies
There are organizations that regulate the characteristics that the analyzes and design of the expiration information present on packaging must present. Of course, it is also necessary to distinguish what this date refers to in each product: for a food, it indicates the last day on which it will be in good condition, while in medicines it refers to the end of its effectiveness.
There are many cases reported annually of fake medications, with chemical compositions different from those indicated in their package inserts, as well as with expiration dates that are not based on a study. This case is even worse than that of food, since not only are health problems caused to consumers, but they are prevented from solving the ones they were trying to treat in the first place.
Invoice Due Date
Utility bills also have an expiration date. This date marks the limit up to which the user or client has time to pay: otherwise, they may suffer surcharges or even have their service cut off.
Typically, the invoice includes two due dates: if the first is exceeded without payment being recorded, the company imposes a surcharge. In the event that the second due date passes and the bill has not been paid, the service may be interrupted: "I have to remember to pay for the phone: two days have passed the due date and I "They can cut the line."