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DIRECTIONS: In each of the following paragraph, a part of sentence is left unfinished. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated choose the best alterative among the four. Best before is sometimes indicated on food and drink wrappers, followed by a date, and is intended to indicate the date before which the food should be consumed _____________. In this case, a term like best before see bottom or best before see lid might be printed on the label and the date marked in a different location as indicated.

A) sometimes the packaging process involves using pre-printed labels, making it impractical to write the best before date in a clearly visible location

B) the term "use by" is similarly used to indicate the date by which the item will have outlived its shell life

C) with this term, it is intended to ensure that customers will not unwittingly purchase or eat stale food

D) generally, food that has a use by date written on the packaging must not be eaten after it has expired