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hi i just got some german rations, date of manufacture 2000, doeas anyone know the shelflife of german rations, ive been told 5 years is pushing it what do you recon?

hi ericson

EPA made in 2000 are still ok. i got EPA out of 2002 and i never had any bad experiences with them. not 1 item was thrown away...

you cant give a time window for your question. some say 5 years, some 10 years and some say a lifetime. i would tell you something between 10 years and a lifetime

there is a simple plan you have to follow. here is the best descrption ever made by kman:

kman wrote:
1. Check the packages for tears, punctures, or swelling. If you see any of this, throw the item away.

2. Open up the item (entree, side, spread, whatever) and smell it. Does it smell bad? Not dog-food bad, but spoiled-bad ? If so, throw it away.

3. Look at the food (can be scary even with a good MRE but you can do it). If the coloring looks off or strange, throw the item away.

4. Take a small taste. If you taste anything strange (something "not right", sharp, bitter, sour, etc.), spit out the food and thow the item away.

5. If all that looks good, chow down!

ericson wrote:hi i just got some german rations, date of manufacture 2000, doeas anyone know the shelflife of german rations, ive been told 5 years is pushing it what do you recon?

The older entrees (square shape):


had a requested shelf life of 20 years. The manufacturer gave a guarantee for 15 years. The Bundeswehr replaced them after 10 years. "Older" soldiers can remember to "EPa-day" once a week at mess hall when the old entrees had to be eaten. This EPas where designed for a long time storage during the "cold war"

The newer entrees (rectangular shape), have an official "storage time" of two years, a shelf life of 3.5 years.
See:
http://www.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/bwde/ ... ontent.jsp :


But as German_EPa said, the shelf life is almost unlimited. I have eaten 30 years old entrees without any problems. The square shape (newer) entrees aren´t this old yet, but I have eaten almost 10 years old without any problems.

See my thread about here at:
19 years old entree pea stew
viewtopic.php?t=735

Delicious

Hi peeps
i am the supplier of these here epa`s type 1 from 2000 to ericson

thanks for your replies

some people get funny with the dates fair do`s it`s all sorted now

glad the general feeling is 10 years inspection date as this is what i was informed from my supplier in germany.
check em over if nothing seems to have swelled /blown/ smells funny chances are they are right.

just got me last 30 to get rid of now

and what a cracking site used it for donkeys cannot see a reason i did`nt join before.???

hi guys, thanks for the feedback, top site!!

you are welcome

ericson wrote:hi guys, thanks for the feedback, top site!!

Welcome to our liitle piece of the `net ericson!

Where are you from??

hi crats im from ireland, my mates and i used to read loads of books bout nam and when we went campin always used to talk about geting our crations in , but only since ebay ahve we been able to get the real thing, its been good tryin rations from round the world