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From Washington State University Extension, this is Susie Craig.
What’s the best way to begin canning this summer? Start with the basics: Choose the correct equipment. Use up to date, research-based, tested recipes developed by the United States Department of Agriculture. Have your equipment ready including jars and lids. And follow all directions and processing times.
Lizann Hammond Powers of WSU Extension Benton County answers hundreds of consumer food preservation questions each year. She says consumers falsely believe past success is an assurance of equipment safety and the safety of old family recipes. This is not the case and health consequences may be life altering.
Find tested recipes and processing directions on the WSU Extension Benton County website and the National Center for Home Food Preservation.
This is Food Safety in a Minute.
Resources
Lizann Powers-Hammond and M. Morris. Master Gardeners: It’s time for a home canning refresher.
Special to the Yakima Herald-Republic. 6/6/21.
National Center for Home Food Preservation. Washington State University Extension Benton County.