{"id":129,"date":"2016-04-28T18:10:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T18:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/?post_type=web_publication&#038;p=129"},"modified":"2024-08-26T09:18:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:18:30","slug":"safety-while-canning-how-to-protect-yourself-from-botulism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/2016\/04\/28\/safety-while-canning-how-to-protect-yourself-from-botulism\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety While Canning: How to Protect Yourself from Botulism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p>Botulism toxin is produced by bacteria called <em>Clostridium botulinum<\/em>. The bacteria and toxin can be found in home canned foods that have not been properly prepared, unrefrigerated home foods, and traditionally prepared salted or fermented seafood. Very small amounts can cause severe illness and death.To protect yourself from botulism, never hot pour your food into a jar and seal it for storage. Foods must be prepared using recipes that have been tested for safety. Many foods require the use of a pressure cooker to heat food to high enough temperatures to kill the bacteria and toxin.Always immediately dispose of any cracked jars or potentially contaminated food. Put on gloves before handling the containers, and put the food&nbsp;or container into a sealable bag. Wrap another plastic bag around the sealable bag, and tape it shut. Place the bags in a trash&nbsp;receptacle. Do not discard in the sink, garbage disposal, toilet, compost pile, or recycling container. Always wipe up spills of potentially contaminated food with bleach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1060\" height=\"197\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2055\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-5.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-5-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-5-1024x190.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-5-768x143.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are experiencing any symptoms associated with botulism that appear within a few hours or up to 10 days after eating canned food, go immediately to a hospital.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1602\" height=\"1199\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2055\/2016\/03\/iStock_000055674980_Medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/03\/iStock_000055674980_Medium.jpg 1602w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/03\/iStock_000055674980_Medium-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/03\/iStock_000055674980_Medium-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/03\/iStock_000055674980_Medium-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/03\/iStock_000055674980_Medium-1536x1150.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1602px) 100vw, 1602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"269\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2055\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-2-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"781\" height=\"399\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2055\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-3.jpg 781w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-3-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-3-768x392.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"369\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2055\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-4.jpg 369w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-4-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1060\" height=\"197\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2055\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-5.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-5-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-5-1024x190.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/04\/botulism-image-5-768x143.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n        <div id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <a id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top-btn\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__btn\" href=\"#product-top\" aria-label=\"Back to top\">\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2191<\/span>\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__label\">Back to top<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Botulism toxin is produced by bacteria called Clostridium botulinum. The bacteria and toxin can be found in home canned foods that have not been properly prepared, unrefrigerated home foods, and traditionally prepared salted or fermented seafood. Very small amounts can cause severe illness and death. To protect yourself from botulism, never hot pour your food&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_external_link":"","_expiration_date":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1735,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/1735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}