Dating MCI and C-rats

[CaptBob]

Other than a date stamped on a case, is the date stamped or embossed on the lids of the individual cans of C-rats and MCIs?

I have seen numbers such as:

16 3 60 and
24 11 70

on cans.

To me, this looks like a "day, month, year" format.

Has anyone out there confirmed this?

[mreheater72]

Hi,

I think we share the same problem:

Hi,

here I want to discuss the dating of MCIs, the single cans without having any case.

By all Crackers cans I own its clear, in each the month and year in which the can was issued is stamped in the lid, for e. g. 1-62 or 9 80.

Also I have some old cake cans, here the date is stamped on the bottom of the can, for e. g. "Pound Cake" 25 10 70.

But I´am not sure with dating of peanut butter, cheese spread, jam, the main entrees, the fruit entrees or the "newer" cakes. By these cans there is always a number (sometimes additional letters) stamped in the lid of the can, but the code the way MRE entrees are dated is another one.

Here some examples:

Jam, Grape; Kern Foods: A 02029
Jam, Pineapple; Kern Foods: A 04049
Cheese Spread Cheddar, Caraway; Real Fresh Foods: 9061
Cheese Spread Cheddar, Hickory Smoke; Real Fresh Foods: 80095
Peanut Butter; Kern Foods: GX 08118
Peanut Butter; Kern Foods: GX 20108


I have some suspicion, for e. g. 08118 stands for 08. November 1978, but I´m not really sure!!

Do everyone know, what these numbers and letters mean and whether the cans can be dated by them?

Unfortunately noone answers, its the same as by yours!

It must give anyone in the world, who knows, what these numbers stand for??!!

Greets mreheater 72