Hey military folks... On the outside of a case of MRE's (looking on ebay) I see the boxes are marked with a test/inspection date. What does that date indicate? Is that a date that's 4,5,etc years from the date of manufacture? How are folks able to sell that stuff on ebay? I would think that the gvt would use it in operations or keep it in storage, how does it get out there?

test date is exactly 3 years after the manufacture date