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New USDA Processing Rules for Tomatoes Juices and Pies
The U S Department of Agriculture released updated processing guidelines for tomatoes tomato juice apple sauce fruit purees and pumpkin urging home canners to follow the new times and methods. The one step cold pack method for tomatoes is no longer allowed hot pack times rise to 35 minutes for pint jars and No 2 cans 45 minutes for quart jars and No 2 1 2 cans. Tomato juice processing increases to 35 minutes for pint and quart jars No 2 and 2 1 2 cans. Strained pumpkin and winter squash should not be canned at home cube canning uses 55 minutes for pint jars 90 minutes for quart jars. Applesauce and fruit puree times increase to 20 minutes for pints quarts No 2 and 22 cans. Changes rest on land grant university and Eastern Regional Research Center research.