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Old 05-19-2020, 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Aces4 View Post
Being a prepper would be ideal if we had a horrible disaster every 2 years. Unless you’re saving C-rations, the shelf life of most items is short and then it could all be destroyed, stolen or contaminated by the horrible disaster
Food, especially canned food, if properly stored in a controlled environment can be edible decades after purchase. Most commercially dehydrated food has an advertised shelf life of 10 to 30 years, assuming it has been properly stored.