Finnish soldiers with the Nylands Brigade receive pieces of birthday cake during the U.S. Marine Corps 247th birthday celebration in Dragsvik, Finland, Nov. 10, 2022. U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6), invited Finnish soldiers to participate in the U.S. Marine Corps 247th birthday celebration and cake cutting ceremony. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Maxwell Cook)

Conscripts at the Parola Armoured Brigade were served expired food on 30 September, according to Iltalehti.

The conscript said there was no replacement food available, leaving soldiers with the choice of eating the expired meal or going without food.

“The meal in question was a lentil risotto. The product’s best-before date was 24 August 2026. It was therefore served to the conscript more than a month after that date.

According to the conscript’s own estimate, around twenty packages of expired food were handed out at the Armoured Brigade on Wednesday.

“We had already been waiting for food for a while. Then something that old was brought out, so obviously you couldn’t eat at all,” the conscript told Iltalehti, expressing his frustration.

No replacement food was available, meaning the choice was either to eat the expired meal or go without food. The following day, food was once again served as normal, with valid dates.”

Read the full article in Iltalehti