Now Sarah understands the signs of the shops and is very passionate about being able to recognize the expiry date of dairy products and medicine.

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World Health Organization representative William Aldis told Reuters that the U.N agency would only accept drugs that had been labeled in the language of the recipient country and that were within six months of their expiry date.

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Research from LV Car Insurance shows that nearly a fifth of drivers they interviewed had no idea when their licence would run out, even though the expiry date is clearly shown on the front of the licence.

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There is no expiry date, no list of approved retailers, no restrictions on transferring it.

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"That deadline is hard and fast, " Mr Carney said of next Tuesday's expiry date on the debt ceiling.

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Further tests were carried out, and Ikea confirmed that one batch of the lasagne made by the suppliers Familjen Dafgard, with an expiry date in January 2014, contained 1.4% pork.

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The provincial health authority raided several pharmacies and seized stocks of the syrup - media reports say the medicine was not past its expiry date.

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