06 October 2022 (09:58-UTC-07 Tango 06) 14 Mehr 1401/10 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1444/11 Geng-Xu 4720/06 октября 2022 года

I’ve noticed a trend this year, Humanitarian Daily Ration (HDR) clearly marked as “Food Gift From The People Of The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” are being sold in stores here in Eastern Idaho.

Such a statement indicates the item was already paid for by U.S. taxpayers.  So how can this item be resold, to the very same taxpayers, in a retail setting?

One HDR is being sold in a local Southeast Idaho ‘reselling’ store for $5.99, a case of faux MREs is being sold for more than $50!

Apparently they are made by a company in South Carolina.

I discovered that some rations are being auctioned-off on the internet by an outfit called GovDeals.  According to their website, they act as a clearing house for federal, state, and local government entities that apparently have surplus items they need to get rid of.  This means that the government has too many food rations?!

On the GovDeals website somebody posted the question about shelf-life, because they noticed the rations were three years past the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency’s (DLA) own use-by regulations (“The shelf life of the HDR is 36 months at 80 degrees Fahrenheit.”).

The DLA website explains that at some point in the past, they were ordered by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency-Humanitarian Assistance/Demining Activities to stock up on MRE style rations “In order to provide the widest possible acceptance from the variety of potential consumers with diverse religious and dietary restrictions from around the world…”.

I noticed that the stores selling these, apparently expired, HDRs are calling them MREs (Meal Ready to Eat).  The DLA website clarifies that while these rations look like military style MREs, they are technically not because they are not produced to the same standard.

So yes, these have already been paid for by all you happy taxpayers, and yes, apparently they can be resold to happy taxpayers once they are past their ‘use-by’ date!  It also is proof that there is no food shortage, because obviously the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency was able to overstock on HDRs!  Or maybe that is why there has been food shortages at the grocery stores, it has all been going to the DLA?

U.S. Food Crisis: AGED INFRASTRUCTURE CUTS OFF WATER SUPPLY TO ARKANSAS SCHOOL/CITY, NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYED!

Global Food Crisis:  WORLD LEADERS FEED YOU MORE LIES! FAMINE AMID PLENTY!