Did I eat a 10-year old pizza?

UPDATE: Al Safa responds! Read the full article to find out the truth!

Having moved into my new apartment, my first quest was to obtain groceries. "Luckily", there's a dirty Food Basics two doors down the street.

Browsing the frozen section, I came upon some Halal pizzas. They looked decent, and the one I picked even came with a free basketball card.




That's when I took a closer look at the basketball card...
It's a bit hard to make out, since I'm just using my phone for pictures these days, but if you squint a little you can see that the basketball card in question is from the Fleer 93-94 series:




The pizza itself looked fine, and when I ate it in the twin interests of science and hunger there were no ill effects that I could detect. How long does frozen food last before going bad? No one knows! It's a mystery for the ages.

I contacted Al Safa Halal to ask whether I bought a decade-old pie or if they found an unsold cache of Fleer basketball cards. No response yet, but I'll update this post if they get back to me.



UPDATE:

Greetings Derek.

The pizza was brand new. The cards are collector's items. Some of the
cards are over thirty years old!!

So rest assured.

By the way, how was the pizza?

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Al Safa Halal
Consumer Response Team

So it looks like I ate a new pizza after all. That's less exciting, but it does improve my confidence in the grocery store near my house.