Does summer sausage go bad?

Unopened dry summer sausage will maintain best quality for about 6 months in the refrigerator. … Properly stored, unopened dry summer sausage will maintain best quality for about 10 months, but will remain safe beyond that time.

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How long does summer sausage keep in the fridge?

Opened dry summer sausage will maintain best quality for about 3 weeks in the refrigerator. To further extend the shelf life of dry summer sausage, freeze; when freezing, place dry summer sausage in the freezer before the number of days shown for refrigerator storage has elapsed.