Food safety starts with cleaning!

Wash hands for 20 seconds

• Wet hands under hot running water. Add lots of soap.
• Rub and wash back of hands, wrists, between fingers and under fingernails for 20 seconds.
• Rinse well under running water.
• Dry with paper towels.
• Use paper to turn off the water faucet.

Clean and sanitize sink and counter tops

• Wash counter tops and prep sinks with hot soapy water.
• Fill squirt bottle with 1 quart water. Add 1 teaspoon of unscented regular chlorine bleach or ¾ unscented ultra (6% sodium hypochlorite) chlorine bleach. Or use commercially prepared cleaner and follow directions on label.
• Spray counter tops and sink with bleach solution. Let air dry.
• Wash hands.

Clean as you go

• Wash dishes, utensils, cutting boards, etc. in hot soapy water.
• Let air dry.

https://extension.umn.edu/preserving-and-preparing/canning-apples

Reviewed in 2015