| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | период жизни до истекания срока годности | sell-by date (1.A date marked on a perishable product indicating the recommended time by which it should be sold: milk past its sell-by date. Its lawyer, William Hudson, admitted the company had three pages of previous convictions, but only one for selling past a sell-by date in North Yorkshire, for which it had been cautioned. The Fareshare scheme in Southampton receives 26,000 trays of food past the sell-by date but within the use-by date donated by supermarkets each year. Damn, the wine is Chardonnay and the crisps are past their sell-by date. 1.1 informal , chiefly British: A time after which something or someone is no longer considered desirable or effective: do broadcasters have a sell-by date? He's gone beyond his sell-by date and the gains that we had at independence and for the first few years we have lost and it has become increasingly a dictatorship that does not have the heart of the people at the core of governance. That said, at 30 he is past his sell-by date, is in a terminal slump and hasn't won a title for two years. Instead we are being left with stations which have gone past their sell-by dates. OD Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | период жизни до истекания срока годности | shelf life (Shelf life is the length of time that a commodity may be stored without becoming unfit for use or consumption. It applies to foods, beverages, pharmaceutical drugs, chemicals, and many other perishable items. In some regions, an advisory best before, mandatory use by, or freshness date is required on packaged perishable foods. WK. период жизни Товаров до истекания срока годности = the shelf life of Goods Alexander Demidov) |
| Makarov. | срок годности в охлаждённом состоянии до | when kept cool use by (маркировочная надпись) |
| gen. | срок годности до | Best used before the end of (bigmaxus) |
