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Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:49 pm
by JT1991
Hi everyone,
Today I received an MRE from 1986. Everything is in great shape!
The fruitcake that came with it had the ingredients blacked out. Anyone know why this was done? Thanks.
- JT1991
Re: Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:35 pm
by Simon2002mre
JT1991 wrote:Hi everyone,
Today I received an MRE from 1986. Everything is in great shape!
The fruitcake that came with it had the ingredients blacked out. Anyone know why this was done? Thanks.
- JT1991
You know it was maybe something dumb, like someone just did, for no reason. I don't know why anybody would hide it.
Re: Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 6:07 am
by SNiiP3R
Perhaps they had left over boxes from a previous batch for a different type of fruitcake. Instead of throwing them away, they reused them by covering the ingredients?
Re: Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:23 am
by JT1991
Simon2002mre wrote:JT1991 wrote:Hi everyone,
Today I received an MRE from 1986. Everything is in great shape!
The fruitcake that came with it had the ingredients blacked out. Anyone know why this was done? Thanks.
- JT1991
You know it was maybe something dumb, like someone just did, for no reason. I don't know why anybody would hide it.
It's interesting that's for sure.
Re: Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:32 am
by JT1991
SNiiP3R wrote:Perhaps they had left over boxes from a previous batch for a different type of fruitcake. Instead of throwing them away, they reused them by covering the ingredients?
That makes sense. You're probably right. I took a closer look at the box and there seems to be a bit more glue than usual on the seal. Like it was resealed.
Re: Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:06 am
by Conrad
I work in a food and beverage wholesale place and we get similar things, if an ingredient or description changed but a supplier has thousands of now obsolete packs left for something, sometimes they just stick a sticker over it or blank it out/ replace with the new information