Here are some general guidelines for rotating common emergency goods and supplies:
Use within 6 months:
- Dried fruit (in metal container)
- Dry, crisp crackers (in metal container)
- Potatoes
- Powdered milk (boxed)
Use within 1 year:
- Canned condensed meat and vegetable soups
- Canned fruit, fruit juices and vegetables
- Hard candy and canned nuts
- Jelly
- Peanut butter
- Ready-to-eat cereals and uncooked instant cereals (in metal containers)
- Vitamin C
May be stored indefinitely (in proper containers and conditions):
- Baking powder
- Bouillon products
- Dried Corn
- Dry pasta
- Instant coffee, tea and cocoa
- Non-carbonated soft drinks
- Powdered milk (in nitrogen-packed cans)
- Salt
- Soybeans
- Vegetable oils
- Wheat
- White rice