No need to check the expiration date - this bloody heart is fresh from our gross-er. Life-sized latex heart comes in a familiar, but digusting styrofoam packaging with plastic covering. Measures approximately 5.5 inches long, 4 inches wide, 3 inches in depth. PLEASE NOTE: This item will NOT be available for Halloween 2008. Try the Bloody Butcher Beating Heart (Item #1002062) instead.