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A tag sealing a bag of hot dog buns displays a best before date of February 29.. Best before or best by dates appear on a wide range of frozen, dried, tinned and other foods. . These dates are advisory and refer to the quality of the product, in contrast with use by dates, which may indicate that the product may no longer be safe to consume after the specified dat
Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. The resulting soft water requires less soap for the same cleaning effort, as soap is not wasted bonding with calcium ions. Soft water also extends the lifetime of plumbing by reducing or eliminating scale build-up in pipes
Laundry detergent pods (also called "packs" or "liquitabs") are water-soluble pouches containing highly concentrated laundry detergent, softener and other laundry products. They first became popular in February 2012 when they were introduced by Procter & Gamble as Tide Pods (Ariel Pods in Europe). [1]
The brand has its origin in Calgon, Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which first put Calgon water softener on the market in 1933. [3] In 1965, Calgon was separated into: Calgon bath and beauty products, sold to Coty, and then acquired by Ascendia Brands on 9 February 2007.
In Portugal, the Calgon advertisement jingle has been the same popular one [1] [better source needed] for almost 30 years. [when?In Italy, Calgon was called Calfort from 1965 to early 2008.
It is also used as a precipitating water softener, which combines with hard water minerals (calcium- and magnesium-based minerals) to form an insoluble precipitate, removing these hardness minerals from the water. [5] It is the carbonate moiety which forms the precipitate, the bicarbonate being included to moderate the material's alkalinity.
Tourniquet being applied to an arm on a training dummy A combat tourniquet commonly used by combat medics (military environment) and EMS (civilian environment).. A tourniquet is a device that is used to apply pressure to a limb or extremity in order to create ischemia or stopping the flow of blood.
Shelf life is the recommended maximum time for which products or fresh (harvested) produce can be stored, during which the defined quality of a specified proportion of the goods remains acceptable under expected (or specified) conditions of distribution, storage and display.