When counting perishable items - a useby date is captured. If the product is a purchased product then for traceability and recall reasons - the expiry date must be one that was received on a Purchase order recently enough not to have expired.

The system looks to find any purchase orders that were received into the system and the expiry dates of the items received.

The system will link the stock to the most recently receipted with that useby.

If the system cannot find the useby on any stock receipt - it will not allow the stock to be created by the stocktake.

You will see the stock with errors in the comparison with stock list

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