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Alex Eisenhut:
Germany reunited sometime in 1990, right? For how long did stuff say "Made In West Germany" after that?
I am thinking of prepared food packets and stuff like that.

I found some +-30 year old cake frosting at my Dad's place and I want to know how old it is.

The expiry date is written Aug 92. It says Made in West Germany.

I want to write this information down so when I eat it the coroner will have exact dates...
MadTux:
You can also see it by the postal code, 4 digit code (D-xxxx) is "West Germany", anything with 5 digits is after it reunited.
Some companies wrote "Made In West Germany" long after they renunited, because anything in the east was more or less known as a shithole. ;)
pidcon:

--- Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on September 09, 2020, 10:40:06 pm ---Germany reunited sometime in 1990, right? For how long did stuff say "Made In West Germany" after that?
I am thinking of prepared food packets and stuff like that.

I found some +-30 year old cake frosting at my Dad's place and I want to know how old it is.

The expiry date is written Aug 92. It says Made in West Germany.

I want to write this information down so when I eat it the coroner will have exact dates...

--- End quote ---

Why eat a family heirloom?
ebastler:
German re-unification became effective October 3rd 1990 (so we have an anniversary coming up). I don't think the transition from "Made in Western Germany" to "Made in Germany" was regulated in any way. Probably up to the manufacturers to use up their packages and tooling as they liked, or continue to point out the "Western" origin if they wanted to.

Transition to the 5-digit post codes happened a bit later, in 1993.
Ranayna:
I was 9 when the reunification happened. Sorry, I can't really be of help here :p

But yes, 4 digit post codes are a nice approximation for age, though I do not know how long the transitioning period was. I dimly remember the advertisements of the new codes, and i'm sure my parents still have the post code book lying around somewhere...

Mind posting a picture of the package? Maybe there are other clues.
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