We are producers of readytoeat rte products. We want to extend our products&rsquo shelf life up to one year from the existing six months. Kindly suggest a structure for retort pouch for oneyear shelf life. Mukesh chhipa, rcpl, noida it depends on your current packaging. The improvements need to be made on the current packaging and we would also need to know what goes wrong with the product after 6 months. There is no general answer for oneyear shelf life.