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Please add your name to our events notification list to get the latest information on upcoming classes and workshops.Food Preservation classes and events are offered throughout the year.
Contribute to your community. Every year UCCE Master Food Preserver volunteers contribute several thousand hours of educational service helping keep our community safe and healthy. Enjoy working together with a great group of food enthusiasts. Gain excellent knowledge about preserving fresh produce.
Access some of the go-to Internet resources for UC Master Food Preservers all on your own! Below, you'll find experts on food safety with scientific and practical information to keep you and your family safe from food borne illness.
Pressure canners with only a dial gauge need to be tested annually to ensure dial gauges are accurate. If your dial gauge is not accurate, it is not correctly reading pressure which may result in under or over processing and unsafe food.
Accidents happen. It's important to keep the Poison Control Hotline number handy. 1-800-222-1222 https://www.poisonhelp.org/ Information on Botulism treatment can be found at the Centers for Disease Control Website.
The purpose of the University of California Cooperate Extension Master Food Preserver program is to provide up-to-date information on food safety and home food preservation.
Do you have a question for the UCCE Master Food Preservers of the Central Sierra counties? Fill out the form below and a UCCE Master Food Preserver will get back to you. Please keep in mind that some questions require an actual conversation so please include your phone number.
Several UCCE Master Food Preserver county programs in California host Facebook pages featuring food preservation and food safety. Here is your opportunity to contact them easily.
UCCE Master Food Preserver volunteers reach out to the community in many ways. Besides their Free Public Education classes on safe food preservation they are a fixture at the county fairs in El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne counties.
