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Best By Dates, Inspection Dates, and Shelf Life

May 2, 2019

Best By Dates, Inspection Dates, and Shelf Life

The industry standard for MREs is generally 3 year shelf life for domestic and foreign MREs.  In general, foreign MREs use much less preservatives and...
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USA MRE BASICS: Date codes, date of packing, best by dates, freshness, weight, etc

October 23, 2017

USA MRE BASICS: Date codes, date of packing, best by dates, freshness, weight, etc

Most USA manufactured MREs (both military and civilian) use a 4 digit Julian Date code.  Individual MREs may or may not have a date code,...
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