In open kettle canning, food is cooked, then packed into hot jars and sealed without processing. The temperatures reached in this type of canning are not high enough to destroy all spoilage and food poisoning organisms that may be in the food. Also, when food is transferred from the kettle to the jar, microorganisms can enter the food and cause spoilage.
Reference: So Easy To Preserve, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
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