Saturday, September 16, 2006

Frozen Corned Beef
Is This Too Old?
Seeking Reader Input
Can We Eat It?

A friend of the FPT recently left town and brought over the frozen foodstuffs that were in his family's freezer. While most were recent purchases and have allready been consumed, there is the above piece of corned beef. Frozen on/before May 17, 2004: this meat is now over 2 years and 5 months old. The staff here loves corned beef but we are not sure if this is still safe to consume and we are calling on your expertise as FPT readers to comment to us your opinions.

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:04 AM

    STEP AWAY FROM THE ITEM
    PLACE IN GARBAGE
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    TABLE 2. Practical storage life of meat and meat products

    Products Practical storage life in months
    -18 °C -25 °C -30 °C
    Beef carcass 12 18 24
    Roasts, steaks, packaged 12 18 24
    Ground meat, packaged, (unsalted) 10 >12 >12
    Veal carcass 9 12 24
    Roasts, chops 9 10–12 12
    Lamb carcass 9 12 24
    Roasts, chops 10 12 24
    Pork carcass 6 12 15
    Roasts, chops 6 12 15
    Ground sausage 6 10
    Bacon (green, unsmoked) 2–4 6 12
    Lard 9 12 12
    Poultry, chicken and turkeys, eviscerated,
    well packaged 12 24 24
    Fried chicken 6 9 12
    Offal, edible 4


    From: Recommendations for the processing and handling of frozen foods, International Institute of Refrigeration, Paris, 1972.

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  2. Anonymous9:58 AM

    Let it go people
    That meat be tainted up now.

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  3. Anonymous10:08 AM

    I cannot endorse this foodstuff. Safety first.

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  4. Anonymous6:51 PM

    drop it at the nearest homeless shelter, they will love you for it.

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  5. Anonymous10:52 PM

    DOG FOOD

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