Food Safety

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Find food preservation tips for canning, freezing, dehydrating, and keeping food safe.

Find handouts and videos from previous Master Food Preserver demonstrations and workshops in Humboldt/Del Norte Counties.

Kitchen Pest Quick Tip Cards contain valuable information on identifying, managing, and preventing common pests in your kitchen, and also a quick guide on earthquake safety.

If you have a food safety or preservation question, please send a question through the email or fill out the online information request form.

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.

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.

2 Hour Rule - Keep Perishable Foods Safe Bad Bugs and Where To Find Them Botulism - A "Perfect Storm" In A Jar Cleaning, Sanitizing & Disinfecting Hard Surfaces Leftover Lifetimes Pie Storage - Counter or fridge?

Featured Articles by Master Food PreserversUC Master Food Preservers in Amador, Calaveras, and El Dorado Counties write articles for local publications and posts on food safety, food preservation, food preparation, and reducing food waste, among other subjects of interest. You can find those articles by…

Get Ready: Perishable Food and Power Outages With the possibility of extended power outages in multiple locations in California, there are several options for keeping refrigerated and frozen food safe if you dont have a generator.