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Friday, May 27, 2011

Is it safe?




It is not safe to can chicken using a hot water bath canner because as
 you can see below, boiling water does not get hot enough to kill all
 bacteria.  Although they do not refer to "Oven Canning"
 I feel comfortable using this method because the temp
 reaches 250 degrees.




General Canning Information

Temperatures for Food Preservation

Temperature(s) Effect
240 to 250°F Canning temperatures for low acid vegetables, meat, and poultry in a pressure canner.
212°F Temperature water boils at sea level. Canning temperature for acid fruits, tomatoes, pickles, and jellied products in a boiling-water canner.
180 to 250°F Canning temperatures are used to destroy most bacteria, yeasts, and molds in acid foods. Time required to kill these decreases as temperatures increase.
140 to 165°F Warming temperatures prevent growth, but may allow survival of some microorganisms.
40 to 140°F DANGER ZONE. Temperatures between 40°F - 140°F allow rapid growth of bacteria, yeast, and molds.
95°F Maximum storage temperature for canned foods.
50 to 70°F Best storage temperatures for canned and dried foods.
32°F Temperature water freezes.
32 to 40°F Cold temperatures permit slow growth of some bacteria, yeasts, and molds.
-10 to 32°F Freezing temperatures stop growth of microorganisms, but may allow some to survive.
0 to -10°F Best storage temperatures for frozen foods.


This document was extracted from
 the "Complete Guide to Home Canning,
" Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539,
USDA (Revised 2009).

Foodborne botulism is a rare illness caused by eating
foods contaminated with botulinum toxin. Spores of C.
botulinum are ubiquitous in the environment (3), but
growth and elaboration of toxin occur only under particular
conditions that include an anaerobic, low-salt, low-acid
environment. Bacterial growth is inhibited by refrigeration
below 4°C, heating above 121°C, high water activity,or
acidity (pH <4.5) (4).


Toxin is destroyed by heating to
85°C for at least 5 minutes, and spores are inactivated by
heating to 121°C under pressure of 15–20 lb/in2 for at least
20 minutes (5).


Foodborne Botulism in the
United States, 1990–2000
Jeremy Sobel,* Nicole Tucker,* Alana Sulka,*
 Joseph McLaughlin,*†1 and Susan Maslanka*

1 comment:

Carol said...

Handy reference guide :-)
I pressure canned chicken for the first time last summer and really liked it. But several jars did not seal so I ended up freezing the jars. I'm hoping for better success this year. Did all yours seal?