The cases are stamped “US GOVERNMENT PROPERTY COMMERCIAL RESALE IS UNLAWFUL”
Except, there isn’t any law against selling them, this has been looked into.
That’s right - despite the verbiage, it’s not against the law to sell them.
You can be sure that eBay is not in the business of breaking any laws.
Retort packaging is basically canned food, but without the can. Provided the packaging is not damaged or bulging, the food is safe to eat for many years, just like canned foods are.
“Thats right - despite the verbiage, its not against the law to sell them.”
Military MREs only come from ....wait for it.....wait for it......THE MILITARY
The companies making them don’t sell them to non-military because they’ll jeopardize the government contract which prohibits them from selling MILITARY products outside of MILITARY channels.
So the ones you buy on ebay are being sold outside military channels. Whoever is selling them either stole them or is violating orders to sell them.
But enough of the technicalities, how were those 20 yr old ebay MREs stored?
MREs and other shelf stabilized food lose nutrients the longer they are stored.