Its against DOD regulations to resell military MREs outside of the military. The companies can sell the components but only if they are not labeled or packaged the same as military MREs.
So anything you are buying on Ebay is stolen.
Now tell me how those 20 year old ebay MREs you’re buying are stored. Were they kept at 70 degrees for those 20 years or at 110 degrees?
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.