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Matt brings up a good point about Cryo's. I always try to move them with my finger. If they move and there is an air gap, you'll know it. More than once I've taken a package to the butcher I found in his case and told him. TRUST ME, you don't want to open one of those up, for pork, you'll know it's bad.

Let's be clear (for anyone who's buying Cryo meats).

Beef can be wet aged under VERY controlled conditions (I do it all the time, in fact I'm buying my Christmas PR shortly).

Pork can't.

If you don't know the pack date, I wouldn't buy anything, even in a cryovac. EVER. Without a date you're at the mercy of the shop.

If you know the date, I don't go with pork that's over a week old. Some will go two weeks, but not me. Why? Because I don't know if they've kept it in refrigeration correctly. Sitting out on the counter, isn't refrigerated. You can buy pork two weeks old if it's been refrigerated 100% of the time.

It's easy enough to buy fresher for a few cents more per pd.
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