Canned foods frozen and thawed repeatedly?

This is my first year with my new camp and I have a question for those more with more experience. I have several cans of tuna, beans, soups etc, as well as peanut butter of course, at my camp. I am sure it has frozen and thawed repeatedly over the last month. Is this food safe to eat or should i just chuck it?
Thanks for the help.

Your problem may be more about mopping it up when you get to camp!! The peanut butter will be O.K, but cans may explode or at least pop a seam. I wouldn't eat , regaurdless.

chuck it, not worth the test

I will third that....cans go right in the trash. That crack/split in the can is so small you would never know. The food will not flow out but the air will get in.

Thank you guys for the help. I agree, not worth my health! lol

When in doubt.....throw it out!

The tuna surely toss. As far as beans and other canned veg goes I wouldn't be afraid.

Then again "ain't nobuddy ever calded me smrt"

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Originally Posted by Pioneerfreq

I have heard of people putting canned food in a mesh bag, tying a rope and old jug to it and keeping it in the lake below where the ice forms over the winter. Won't freeze that way and you have emergency supplies if you need them. In tea coloured lakes (because of tannic acid), I wonder if the tins would rust through by spring...

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maybe a well could work too if you can hang them below the frost line. At least they would not be in the water.

I have a rule that I try to instill on all members of our camp - take home whatever you brought up. I hate getting to camp only to find an assortment of canned goods and condiments stacked up, with no idea of how long they've been there. Especially annoying are the 3 or 4 open bottles of ketchup and mustard. Every fall after the moose hunt everything gets thrown out, and we start over again, with everyone promising not to leave foodstuffs behind. About the only thing that is left is a pack or two of spaghetti for emergencies.

With no doubt or question, once frozen, then thawed, use it or lose it! Unless of course you prefer to be violently ill. savage308