Indeed. We’ve down our own taste tests. It’s what will be eaten first,to be followed by the stores of the stuff thats more suitable for long term storage. Once the canned stuff gets to be more than a year or so past the date stamped on the can we donate to to the local food bank.
No reason to throw it out. All the information we have says it’s still safe to eat as long as the can isn’t distended. What we have put back in that form should get us through the first 30-40 days of any condition red event.
Best,
L
As someone who is still eating canned foods with “best by” dates of 2003 and 2004, and 2008, and 2010 and so on, most of them do great, and some I just don’t know how many years it would take to have an issue with them, for instance corn and tuna just seem to last forever.
I have eaten 25 year old canned cabbage that was showing it’s age, although if I didn’t say anything, other people probably wouldn’t have noticed.