Letter followed by two numbers on the base of the bottle.
That's missing, it might be best let Dirk, or Dave7 try it first. Just to be on the safe side.
I am sure it will be fine.
I was travelling/working in former USSR, in the 1990's, with a colleague. It was very difficult to get food/supplies etc. One day, I spotted an elderly lady with a sort of stall set up in the street, she was selling various stuff, but, I spotted cans of Coca-cola.
This was a rare treat, so, I bought six cans from her.
When we came to drink them, we noticed the "use by" date was six years previous!
We survived
