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you guys sure its safe to eat those rations cause finnish version of

http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonellat

says that salmonella might be without any symptons for months before it starts indicating anything?

wondering this cause i just got new case of mres from year 2007 which seem to be on this list and i'd loove to try those milkshakes ^^

pikkuhukka wrote:you guys sure its safe to eat those rations

No it isn´t, that´s why they made a recall.

pikkuhukka wrote: cause finnish version of

http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonellat

says that salmonella might be without any symptons for months before it starts indicating anything?

The average incubation time of an infection with salmonalla is 20-24hrs.
After 1 to 3 days (at least up to 7 days) with "belly trouble" like diarhhea, nausea and vomitting etc. you recover without any treatment.

BUT:

5% have a difficult process with fever and heavy systemical symptoms up to several month.

pikkuhukka wrote: wondering this cause i just got new case of mres from year 2007 which seem to be on this list and i'd loove to try those milkshakes ^^

I dumped all particular shakes of the list!

You can kill any germs only if you heat up the food for 10 minutes up to >70°C (158F) but I don´t know how a shake tastes after being heated up.
I had a couple of shakes in the past and I got "belly troubles" for once

The military recalled themall to make sure all their personal stays healthy.

I would refer to the list. If your shake isn´t there - give it a try.

update: Had a 2003 strawberry one this week and I´m still fine

last week i hab a tuna ration with strawberry dairy shake pd 71XX. it was blown up as i took it out of the ration and it went original sealed directly in the garbage.

German_EPA wrote:last week i hab a tuna ration with strawberry dairy shake pd 71XX. it was blown up as i took it out of the ration and it went original sealed directly in the garbage.

The tuna or the shake?

housil wrote:

German_EPA wrote:last week i hab a tuna ration with strawberry dairy shake pd 71XX. it was blown up as i took it out of the ration and it went original sealed directly in the garbage.

The tuna or the shake?

the strawberry shake - the tuna was delicious as always - even without mayo

I've been wondering about this issue. A few months ago I bought a box of random MRE components from eBay. It included only two milkshakes (one vanilla and one chocolate). I had the vanilla one before reading about the recall (natch). After having a panic attack about it when I DID find out about it I was fine (as I'm sure the vast majority of people who've ingested them have been). Even though I didn't expect any problems, I was a bit nervous about the chocolate one. With much regret I threw it away. I had been looking forward to drinking it, but figured better safe than sorry...

1-Each wrote:...better safe than sorry...

yes - thats not the wrong way.

Any official word on when they will be ok I love the dairy shakes.

This is not official, just my own opinion.
The recall was for "...products contaminated with the bacteria between June 2007 and June 2009, according to the Defense Supply Center..."

The "total recall" of the military was only a(n) (over-) precaution.