Hi everyone, Yesterday, I called Performance Foods to ask them about the expiration date for the huge amount of Totally Ferret that I have left. I spoke with Jeff, who had heard about the ferret who died from eating bad food. He or someone in the office might be a member of the FML. Unfortunately, I do not have my original bag since we had a mouse who chewed through the bottom. Since then, we keep the TF in a Rubbermaid container. They changed the format of the expiration date, so I couldn't tell whether mine was from the old batch or the new batch. Performance Foods' official word on the expiration date was something to the effect of guaranteeing that the food will be good until the expiration date printed on the bag. This was for keeping the food at normal temperatures with the top of the bag rolled down. The expiration date is actually conservative, since the food will not spoil until three or five months after the expiration date. Since I didn't have the sack, he couldn't tell me for sure. Above all, Jeff said to smell the food and notice the ferret's reaction to it. A change in smell or if they suddenly stop eating might indicate that the food is spoiled. Just contact them and they'll be happy to replace it. If anyone else contacts them, you might want to suggest that they put that info on the webpage.. [Posted in FML issue 2912]