Some of you are a bit familiar with my problem, and have given information and excellent advice. I live in Europe, and the EU has recently been changing its import regulations so often that many pet food producers in North America have either thrown in the towel or suspended deliveries. Jamie and ZsaZsa are okay about eating canned food from Europe, as long as it's in 3-ounce cans, and I have enough storage space to buy small cans of, for example, Solid Gold by the case when it's available, but both prefer dry food from the US or Canada. For the past several months, many brands haven't been available here for weeks and weeks on end. Neither cat will eat canned food exclusively, and both want a lot of variety, meaning at least three types of dry food weekly. I normally buy small (5 or 6 lb. bags) for that reason. However, because of the delays in delivery, I'm going to have to buy dry food in large bags (20 - 30 lbs.) when the opportunity presents itself, and freeze a lot of it. We just got an extra freezer, in part for this reason. If I buy a 30 lb. bag with an August 2006 "Best by" date, and freeze 25 lbs., do I have to use the food by that date + the storage period, or is its shelf life only extended by, say, 3 to 6 months?
I realize that this sounds crazy, but right now there's a thread on a German forum I'm a member of about "repackaging" and freezing canned food, because everybody is having problems with availability and storage. Some people have cats that will only eat Nutro, or Felidae, or California Natural, and those owners have to beg for people to sell them their "surpluses".
I realize that this sounds crazy, but right now there's a thread on a German forum I'm a member of about "repackaging" and freezing canned food, because everybody is having problems with availability and storage. Some people have cats that will only eat Nutro, or Felidae, or California Natural, and those owners have to beg for people to sell them their "surpluses".