Man, that is a problem.
I was convinced that Spam had an extremely long shelf life, like decades, and I have kept it for 5 6 7 years without even thinking about it, but I had a case of the low sodium swell on me recently (maybe 2012) well under the best use by date, and it has bothered me ever since.
Hormel paid me back, but I was hoping that it was a freak occurrence from a compromised batch, and possible related to being low sodium.
I have been trying not to mention it here although it really bugs me, and it contradicts advice that I have been giving people for at least 25 years, I do think that I brought it up here once but I’m annoyed enough that I have been tempted to harp on it.
I’ve been meaning to write them and see if I can get an honest answer from them, a large portion of preppers believe Spam to be one of the best ultra long term storage foods, and we need some answers from Hormel.
I agree we need some kind of resonse.
Many people are counting on Spam for meat/ protein to supplement their storage program .
I think they just weren’t seal properly. I am sure it happens. I have a good number of cans much older, but they are all in good shape.