how is a ready meal containing chicken I got from aldi shelf stable and doesn’t need to be refrigerated?

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EDIT: Solved! Thanks to everyone who commented.

I’m talking about [this](https://ch-it.openfoodfacts.org/product/4099200059402/huhn-suss-sauer-aldi)

It’s basically a box that was on the shelf, un refrigerated, that contains cooked chicken. How are they able to keep cooked chicken shelf stable for so long?

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Irradiate the meat before they cook it then vacuum seal it so no outside contaminants can get into it. Irradiation is the process that pork goes through to make it safe to eat without having to cook it more thoroughly than other meats.

Food spoilage is from the growth of bacteria the above process is what they do to make sure that there’s little to no bacteria and that they’re not providing an environment where more can grow.