Just think, at the end of nine months, you can eat the cat! :)
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." -Thomas Jefferson
"There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism—by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide." - Ayn Rand ________________________________________________
Lenin: Class-based International Socialism Hitler: Race-based National Socialism Obama: Class- and Race-based Post-National Socialism
The packages are stamped "Best by January 2012." Figuring in a leeway (they're just trying to get you to buy more product, but if you have a finicky cat maybe pay attention) of a couple of months, you should be ok. Sealing the bags could prevent the product from becoming too dry and hard, which would be the most likely cause of deterioration. You should be ok if you don't buy more than this. On the other hand, consider.... during the worst of the famine during the 1917 revolution in Russia, the peasants lived well off of roast rats