2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 69.04.905: Perishable packaged food — Pull date labeling — Required.
All perishable packaged food goods with a projected shelf life of thirty days or less, which are offered for sale to the public after January 1, 1974 shall state on the package the pull date. The pull date must be stated in day, and month and be in a style and format that is readily decipherable by consumers: PROVIDED, That the director of the department of agriculture may exclude the monthly requirement on the pull date for perishable packaged food goods which have a shelf life of seven days or less. No perishable packaged food goods shall be offered for sale after the pull date, except as provided in RCW 69.04.910.
[1974 ex.s. c 57 § 2; 1973 1st ex.s. c 112 § 2.]
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