Health & Nutrition: Food Preservation
Is it necessary to sterilize jars before canning?
Jars do not need
to be sterilized before canning if they will be filled with food and processed
in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes or more or if they will
be processed in a pressure canner. Jars that will be processed in a boiling
water bath canner for less than 10 minutes need to be sterilized by boiling
them in hot water for 10 minutes before they are filled.
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