Somebody beat me to it but I'll bring it up anyway. I worked in a retail grocery store for 22 years and after that in wholesale distribution. I was asked many times about shelf life of both non perishable and perishable goods. One time in particular someone had a frozen turkey that was two years old, still in the freezer. My simple answer was: Is ten or fifteen dollars worth taking a chance on a ten thousand dollar hospital stay? And, modern freezers have defrost cycles which allows the temp to rise on the surface of anything left in there. Freezer burn anyone???
It's not quite as bad with cereals, but there is an often guarded percentage allowed by the FDA of droppings and eggs and other non food material that gets by the processing. That's why you really want to keep flour and meal in the fridge until you use it. Keeps the weevils from hatching out. They are there, in the best brands.
Realistically speaking, look at the use by date and add maybe six months to that. After that, I would open it up and let the birds outside have it.
This post was edited by js305 at 22:20:29 12/31/12.
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