Chicken... 3 years past use by date... tasted great

[Tonka]

I have been refreshing my food stores, and I came across an old can of chicken in white sauce that had missed the last inventory. It's use by was 2009. I thought this would put it just on the 5 year since new limit that canned meat was supposed to be safe, acording to my survival manuals ... although they are about 30 years old.
So I thought I'd better test this, in case I have t rely on it in harder times. It looked and smelt OK, but tasting to check it before cooking would be stupid. But once cooked tasted as good as a fresh can. That was 4 days ago and I didn't get anything nasty. So it seems that canned meats 3 years passed their use are very much edible.