Safe to cook??

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Daughter is having a Halfway to St. Patrick's Day Party and I volunteered to cook the corned beef. I ask her how many corned beefs she wanted, and she told me that she had two vacuumed sealed from the store in the freezer.
She went to check the weight of the two and realized that they were not frozen before the freeze date on the package which was July 3rd, and she put them in the freezer 2 weeks ago.
With it being corned beef I believe it has been brined & cured and then vacuumed pack in the package, so does that help with an extended shelf life?

SO, do I use those two frozen corned beefs or chuck them out and start fresh?

Thanks for any help.

 

[BigW.]

Does she remember when she bought them? They can be in the in the brine for several weeks in an unopened package. But, if it has a freeze by date I wouldn't want to push that too far.

 

[schlotz]

Definitely toss, 7/3-9/9 that's over 2 months in her fridge plus how ever long it was back to a pack date.

 

[DougE]

I might push the envelope and cook it for myself, depending on a few factors, but I absolutely would not cook this meat for an event!

 

[schlotz]

Understand the desire to not waste meat previously purchased but consuming meat that was in the fridge for well over 2 months is not something one should consider.

 

[SmokinAl]

I usually don’t say this, but THROW IT OUT! It is not safe to eat. Kept in the fridge that long after the freeze by date would make it unsafe to eat.
Al