HOW TO KNOW IF YOUR COOKING GAS CYLINDER HAS EXPIRED

√ Do you know that cooking gas cylinders have expiry date. 

√ A gas cylinder that is used beyond the expiry date invites hazard and should be returned to the distributor.

√ Understanding the expiry date is important than the gas inside.

√ Consumers should always check the expiry date of a gas cylinder before refilling.

√ Consumers, should not use expired cooking gas cylinder.

√ Before you buy any cooking gas cylinder, always check for the production and expiry date.

√ Expired cooking gas cylinder are not safe to use, so please be careful.

√ Each cylinder comes with 3 vertical stay plates (side stems) near its head. One of the side stem plates carries some alpha numeric code which is the expiry date of that particular gas cylinder.

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HOW TO DECODE THE EXPIRY DATE

The expiry date of the cooking gas cylinder is coded with alphabetical order, A B,C D, in quarters, which stands for months it will expire, while the numeric code stands for the year it will expire.

▪️Letter A stands for January to March.

▪️Letter B stands for April to June.

▪️Letter C stands for July to September.

▪️Letter D stands for October to December

For example, if the vertical stay plate carries the expiry date of B -9, it means that, the cooking gas cylinder will expire on June 2009, and if it is written C -16, it means that it will expire on September 2016.

So, be careful to avoid domestic accident.