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Heater Meals Storage |
As part of your emergency preparedness planning, food is a critical component. Given that your utilities may be out, having mre's (meals ready to eat) on hand will make your survival much more comfortable. These ready to eat meals are self heating and come with their own water source, so they require no additional water. These mre's are nutritious and sized to provide adequate portions for most individuals.
A HeaterMeals food container is filled with pre-cooked food, vacuum sealed, and then the sealed container of food is steamed. This process gives the ready to eat meals a long shelf-life and helps retain natural juices and flavors. Both the HeaterMeals' food preparation facility, as well as the packaging assembly line is United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspected and approved.
HeaterMeals Lunch & Dinner Entrees have a Shelf Life of 18 to 24 months.
This is a recommended consumption date only; not a "safety date". The HeaterMeals ready to eat food comes with a "Best Purchased By" or "Best Used By" date stamped on each box. This date is two years after the meals ready to eat are packaged, as this is the optimum time to eat your mre. Similar to properly stored canned food, HeaterMeals Dinner Entrees lose a bit of color after a couple of years; but are still nutritious and safe to consume after the stamped date.
The following table provides guidelines on Heatermeals' shelf-life stored under a variety of temperatures. It is sometimes impossible to determine the temperature under which food has been stored, so the longer shelf-life listed can be attainable if the mre food has been kept under controlled conditions for the entire time period noted. |
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Sustained Storage Temperatures (F) |
Estimated Shelf-life (Months) |
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60 |
36 |
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70 |
30 |
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80 |
24 |
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90 |
12 |
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100 |
6 |
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110 |
3 |
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120 |
1 |
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Note: The chart refers to sustained temperatures. Since sustained temperatures are not generally encountered in other-than-air-conditioned facilities, you may be inclined to use maximum or average temperatures. The use of maximum temperatures would yield a conservative estimate, but the use of average temperatures may yield an estimate that is overly optimistic. |
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