Dude, not to sideline from bacon, but Jim, you made LA Weekly's "Best of LA" in 2003?  Awesome! (
per this site)
Back to your regularly scheduled bacon fest:
Okay, logic tells me that shelf-life bacon is everywhere and perfectly fine.  Even good.  But there's a part of me that can't help being horrified at anything that comes from a can.  Still... very cool.