It's as shelf stable as the oil that is used to make it. Can it go bad or is it as bad as it will ever get in it's original state? It's fermented fish juice that is saturated with salt and then infused into oil, IMHO one of those things that you either like or don't. Another fine example of the "if it tastes good just eat it and don't ask what it is" principal.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
