Can I eat this smoked salmon?

Post date: 2017-08-20 09:04:09
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We just found in the back of our pantry, on the top shelf, where it was out of sight, an unopened package of smoked salmon that was a gift from someone who bought it in Canada. It has no expiration date in it. It is clearly labeled "NEEDS NO REFRIGERATION". It is at least one year old, but may be as much as four years old. Is it still safe to eat? Is it still desirable to eat?

I just removed the shrink plastic (which was undamaged) and opened the box, hoping to see an expiration date on the gold-colored foil packet, but no such luck. The lot number or something is stamped on the foil in red ink, saying, uninformatively, SW18072. The label says (skipping the French because it says exactly the same thing as the English):

SMOKED WILD SOCKEYE SALMON RETORT
Ingredients: Wild Sockeye Salmon, salt, natural wood smoke
Net weight: 227 g / 8 oz
PRODUCT OF CANADA
Needs No Refrigeration
Packed For: Sundance seafood Ltd. V3S 1C3
Plant Registration # 1933

THIS PRODUCT IS FULLY COOKED & VACUUM SEALED. DO NOT USE CONTENTS IF UNOPENED POUCH IS LEAKING OR HAS BEEN DAMAGED. REFRIGERATE AFTER OPENING.


The package is completely undamaged and clean. No leakage, no swelling. Absolutely the only thing wrong with it is that we don't know how old it is, and it is not at all unlikely that it dates from December of 2013. We know it has been in our pantry since it was new.

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