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Deadline for eating food could perhaps be Tuesday (3-2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

use-by date

'deadline for eating food' is the definition.

'perhaps be tuesday' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'be'+'tuesday'='betuesday'
'betuesday' with letters rearranged gives 'USE-BY DATE'.

'could' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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