Are You Preserving it Safe?

Ashley Goudey- Nutrition, Food Safety and Health Agent

Do you preserve food or would you like to can using the pressure canning method?  Before you preserve your produce and meat, it is extremely important to make sure that you are using tested recipes and that your equipment is tested.  If food is not preserved safely, this can cause deadly bacteria to grow in your food.  We are a reliable and trusted source for canning information and canning recipes.  If you have any questions about food preservation, please contact any Post Rock

Extension Office.

             It is recommended that your pressure gauge is tested every year.  Now is the time to bring your gauges into our offices to be checked to ensure you are safely preserving your food.  You can bring your dial gauge at any time but we have scheduled special days that we will be testing.

To ensure that your dial is tested on the day provided below, please have the dial in the office before this day and it will be ready to pick up the day after with recommendations.  We also have many preservation resources available for your canning needs!

Mankato office: May 10^th and July 6^th

Lincoln office: anytime

Beloit office: May 26^th and July 8^th

Osborne office: May 12^th and July 6^th

Smith Center office: June 9^th and July 8^th

          You are encouraged to contact your local extension office with any questions about food preservation.  You can also email Ashley at agoudey@ksu.edu.  Watch for a second round of dial gauge checks coming this fall!