You know, there is a market for this

[Logan Darklighter]

I can go worse. People still talk about seeing boxes that state that
the contents are for one of two things: prisoners and/or animals.

Your buddy is probably talking about the prison-grade spam.

O_o;;
Ew...

And what he said about how the quality dwindles... that's no joke
either. In the days leading up to a CONREP (connected replenishment) or
a VERTREP (vertical replenishment) the food quality will drop
dramatically simply because they are getting rid of the stuff that's the
worse off, that way they have more room on the reefer decks for the
fresh stuff.

CONREP being ships tethered side to side so as to "conveyer" supplies over, and VERTREP being Helicopter trips back and forth?