Bath and Body Antibacterial Pocketbacs

Have anyone wonder how long you can keep these Bath and Body Pocketbacs? Do they have expiration dates?

I was cleaning out my bathroom and I found 10 bottles lying around. I was wondering whether to throw them out or not. I feel like it’s such a waste if I did...probably paid around $1 each. I know Purells do have expiration listed on their bottles and was surprised that there's nothing listed on the Bath and Body ones.

 

There wasn't much information online so I decided to write Bath and Body Works directly. See my email below:


To: customerservice@bathandbodyworks.com

Subject: Product Questions

Order Number:

Name: --------------

Phone Number: -----------

Wrote: The antibacterial pocketbac...do they expire? Because I know Purell products does. Please let me know because it turns out I have a lot stored away and I want to make sure they are still good to use.


I got a response three hours later. Not bad...they wrote me this email below:


Dear San,

The best way to figure out how long your product will last is to determine when your product was born. Figuring out the date that our products are born can be a bit tricky.

The born on date is located on the bottom of the bottle, on the label or top of the tube depending on the product. This set of numbers will look like the following: 1041T2A1.

You will only need the first 4 numbers to determine the born on date. Using a born on date of 1041T2A1, you can see the year this product was born, 2011, because the first number in the series is a number 1.

The following 3 numbers will tell you the day of the year this product was produced, in this case the 41st day of 2011, which is February 16th. Your product will be good unopened for 2 years after the date it was born.

If you have any other questions please reply to this email or give us a call at 1-800-756-5005.

Sincerely,

Courtney H.
Customer Service Specialist
Bath & Body Works Direct


It's funny how they use such a date system. This shows that they do not want customers to know when they expire. So they can probably try to sell their old products too. Please make sure next time you buy more Pocketbacs to check how much shelf life left in the items before buying. Because if they are old and expired it’s not going to kill any of the germs out there that's going to get you sick. Especially with flu season is coming you need to be careful.