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Thread: Safe to eat prepackaged meals after 'best before' date?

Started 1 month, 2 weeks ago by inventivefficiency
Those commercial meals you put in the pantry. If it was 1 year? or 2 year? or 3? past 'best before' date.
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bushwickgirl replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This is an interesting question for the manufacturers. Oops, that's why they put "best by" dates on the product boxes. Well, considering that prepackaged meals have more than their fair share of chemical preservatives, I would venture to say at least a year, after the "best by" date, as long as they're not assaulted by any critters, moisture or the dreaded partially opened box. If rice or ...

 

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Those commercial meals you put in the pantry. If it was 1 year? or 2 year? or 3? past 'best before' date.
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This is an interesting question for the manufacturers. Oops, that's why they put "best by" dates on the product boxes. Well, considering that prepackaged meals have more than their fair share of chemical preservatives, I would venture to say at least a year, after the "best by" date, as long as they're not assaulted by any critters, moisture or the dreaded partially opened box. If rice or pasta is...

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