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February 4, 2012 ·
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Tub of lard found fit to eat after 64 years
By T.K. RandallFebruary 4, 2012 ·
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Image Credit: CC 3.0 Peter G Werner
A tin of lard from a post WWII care package has been deemed fit to eat by food safety authorities.
87-year-old Hans Feldmeier obtained the can from supply drops over Germany at the end of the Second World War, concerned about its sell-by-date he decided to send it for analysis. "Overall, the product has a degree of freshness and material composition necessary to be assessed to be satisfactory after 64 years," said the State Office for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Security. Feldmeier wasn't too pleased however when upon requesting the return of his lard officials returned the tin to him with nothing in it.Millions of tins of “Swift’s Bland Lard” – a pig fat which was used as a spread similar to butter or as a cooking fat – were distributed by US soldiers to West Germans after World War II in care packages that included other essentials like powdered milk, cheese and sugar.
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