Food, good for how long?.......

[Ponce]

According to this list the only thing that I still have that is good is my tp, unless the rats get to them first >:(

Ponce <------sleeping by his tp shootgun ready.

http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/505/77-surprising-expiration-dates/

[mamboni]

Didn't you see who paid for the article: Society of Canning Underwriters & Manufacturers. They just want you to needlessly throw away perfectly good canned goods and buy replacements. The expiration dates are way too short.

[platinumdude]

Soap only 3 years? bleach only 6 months? Where do they come up with this. I know Tuna is at least 3 years. Salmon is 5 years at the minimum.

[po boy]

PD, meant to hit quote about bleach, keep it away from sunlight as it does degrade fast.

[nunaem]

Most canned food never really expires, it just goes tasteless or tastes bad. 1 year for canned tuna is laughable. It may begin to degrade after a year but it will still be nutritious and edible for a long, long time.

Expiration /= best by date.

[Cobalt]

Most canned food never really expires, it just goes tasteless or tastes bad. 1 year for canned tuna is laughable. It may begin to degrade after a year but it will still be nutritious and edible for a long, long time.

Expiration /= best by date.


The tuna I bought 2 months ago has a date 07/05/14

[nunaem]

Most canned food never really expires, it just goes tasteless or tastes bad. 1 year for canned tuna is laughable. It may begin to degrade after a year but it will still be nutritious and edible for a long, long time.

Expiration /= best by date.


The tuna I bought 2 months ago has a date 07/05/14


That's the best by date. It will still be nutritious in 2114 probably, if stored right, it just wont taste good.

[chad]

I just opened a jar of syrup the other day that I bottled in 1998.

[BrewTech]

All my stuff seems perfect, and it's several years old... (like 3 or 4 years)

I'm NOT sweating it...

[BrewTech]

Anybody have an opinion of the shelf life of canned chicken compared to canned tuna? Some sources say the shelf life may be considerably shorter for chicken...

[BabushkaLady]

Who believes everything you read on the Net??? :)

I just ate chicken I froze vacuum packed and left here in 2007. It was great--by most people's list I should have thrown it out.

I'm using vinegar from 1998. 42 months my foot!!

I generally look over the can really good. Open it up and smell it. If it looks and smells good, I cook it! If it is not going to be cooked, I'm a little more careful.

I'm still here. :P