Safety of Russian Rations

fdsman · Post by **fdsman** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:57 pm

Does anyone know if there are some safety regulations regarding Russian Rations? I seem to recall them not being a part of NATO, and if they are, probably not for long after the Georgia incident.

Anyway, my question is, is it safe to eat those lunchable type rations, as well as the air force rations?

-Thanks,
fdsman

Post by **kman** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:33 pm

If you want an "official" answer, check with the FDA and/or Customs and ask them how they feel about importing meat of unknown origin and unknown processing from Russia. I'm pretty sure you'll get a big, fat "No."

But let's say you weren't shipping that ration into the US. Let's say you were taking a trip to Russia and you had a friend who was going to bring you a ration to your hotel so you could eat there. Is it safe to eat? We don't have any way of knowing. We don't know what's in there or how it was stored or how it got to you. Russian rations in general are probably "safe" to eat since they give them to their own soldiers...but we don't know anything about them or how they were produced. Is the ration you're trying a factory reject? Was it stored properly?

We face some of these questions when we eat MREs of unknown origin and/or age. Just practice safe eating habits and if it doesn't look or smell good, don't eat it.

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:51 am

The guys there have no scruples when they sell you some mushrooms from Tchernobyl area (the famous atomic mushroom?) or swollen cans with a 3 year old expiry date, I've seen all that on Ukrainian markets, nobody seemed shocked and I fear it's not an exception in the former USSR

YouTube · Post by **housil** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:38 pm

fdsman wrote: Anyway, my question is, is it safe to eat those lunchable type rations, as well as the air force rations?

-Thanks,
fdsman

Which "Russian" one?!

That´s:

http://www.kzs.ru/eng/about.htm

the current manufacturer of the current Russian,

ration.

Most items inside are commercial crackers and some canned fat.

I wouldn´t...

Post by **German_EPA** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:51 pm

even when the package of the mainmeals and the pate look like the older germany ones, i am with housil - i wouldnt too. but its great stuff for your display / collection

fdsman · Post by **fdsman** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:49 pm

German_EPA wrote:even when the package of the mainmeals and the pate look like the older germany ones, i am with housil - i wouldnt too. but its great stuff for your display / collection

Alright thanks. I am however interested in trying some EPa rations if anyone is willing to sell. Check out my WTB thread in the buy/trade/sell forum.

DangerousDave · Post by **DangerousDave** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:22 am

Hey Kman and fdsman. I got a plan. Us Americans will draft Mitchell Gant back out of retirement. He can infil with a brand new M-22 Raptor, land, pick up a few cases, exfil, and then he can turn them over to the FDA for analysis. They'll never know he was there.

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