Pickle Bill Fact Sheet

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Pickle Bill Fact Sheet
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Pickle Bill Fact Sheet
This fact sheet addresses legislation, also known as the Pickle Bill, that allows the limited sale of certain
home-processed and home-canned foods (M.S. Chapter 28A.15 Subd.10).
What special precautions do I need to take in making home-canned and homeprocessed food under this exemption?
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What types of home-processed and home-canned products are not allowed?
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(http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/publications/publications_usda.html) )
Home Food Preservation (http://extension.usu.edu/htm/publications/by=category/category=319)
Colorado State Food & Nutrition Fact Sheets
(http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/pubs.html#nutr_health)
Home Canning (http://southernfood.about.com/od/canning/Home_Canning.htm)
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Where can I find pH values for common foods?
U. S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition web site.
(http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/Product-SpecificInformation/AcidifiedLow-AcidCannedFoods/default.htm)
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MDA Contact
Dair & Food Inspection Division (/about/divisions/dair food.asp )
651-201-6027
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
625 Robert Street North, St. Paul, Minnesota
55155-2538
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651-201-6000 ~ 1-800-967-2474 ~ TDD: 1-800-627-3529 ~ MDA.Info@state.m n.us
(mailto:MDA.Info@state.mn.us) ~ 2011 MDA
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