I do occasional volunteering at a large food bank in Michigan. Their rule is if the dates are less than a year past, i.e. 12/30/2011, they are ok to distribute. They are ok to use up to two years past expiration, for today, 12/30/2010. I can and freeze all my surplus each fall, I make sure to rotate out my oldest first. Sometimes that means soups and chili for weeks on end to get rid of canned tomatoes and veggies.
In my experience I have found canned food seems to last well past the expiration dates, where boxed food, such as crackers and chips do not keep as long.
Remember the smell test is one part of telling whether the cans are good. You cannot smell botulism. If it were me, I would pitch anything older than 2010. I copied this Wiki.
Botulism (Latin, botulus, "sausage") (pronounced /ˈbɒtʃʉlɪsəm/) also known as botulinus intoxication is a rare but sometimes fatal paralytic illness caused by botulinum toxin which is a protein produced under anaerobic conditions by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, and affecting a wide range of mammals, birds and fish.[1]
The toxins enters the human body in one of three ways: by colonization of the digestive tract by the bacterium in children (infant botulism)[citation needed] or adults (adult intestinal toxemia), by ingestion of toxin from foods (foodborne botulism) or by contamination of a wound by the bacterium (wound botulism).[2] Person to person transmission of botulism does not occur.
All forms lead to paralysis that typically starts with the muscles of the face and then spreads towards the limbs.[2] In severe forms, it leads to paralysis of the breathing muscles and causes respiratory failure. In light of this life-threatening complication, all suspected cases of botulism are treated as medical emergencies, and public health officials are usually involved to prevent further cases from the same source.[2]
Botulism can be prevented by killing the spores by pressure cooking or autoclaving at 121 °C (250 °F) for 30 minutes or providing conditions that prevent the spores from growing. Additional precautions for infants include not feeding them honey.[3]
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