Can low-acid foods (vegetables, meat, fish, and poultry) be reprocessed if it was incorrectly processed or if the lids failed to seal?
If less than 24 hours have gone by since the food was processed, do one of the following: • Refrigerate the food and use it in the next day or two. • Freeze the food. Drain vegetables before freezing. • Reprocess the food. Use the same jars or put in clean hot jars. Use new lids. Process again for the full time. The quality of the twice-processed food will be poor. If it has been more than 24 hours, the food must be thrown away.
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