EPA Questions

TankerT · Post by **TankerT** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:39 pm

I bought an EPA off of E-Bay. It seems to be from 2002. Would it still be good? It got banged up in transit... so it's hard to judge the condition from the packaging.

Anyone have a reliable source that ships to the USA for these? I'd like to pick up a few more.

Thanks,

JT

Post by **kman** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:59 pm

I'd guess that it was still good. But be sure you check all the contents thoroughly. I had some EPas that got banged up and some of the aluminum containers punctured each other.

Post by **German_EPA** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:57 pm

German_EPA wrote:
kman wrote:Just practice safe MRE eating:

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!