These are left over from a recent exercise. Everything is current (have not reached 1st Inspection date yet). Inspection dates are NOT expiration dates, MREs can last up to 10 years.
Dating MRE Components
Almost every component that goes into an MRE has a date code stamped on it in the form "7068". Everything from entrees, crackers, peanut butter, accessory packs, etc. - they all have date codes.
In this case, the first number "7" stands for the year (2007) and the next three numbers indicate which day of the year (365 days in a year) it was packed. So "068" would be day 68 of the year 2007...or March 9, 2007.
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