http://www.tasteofhome.com/Contests/Recipe-Contests/Taste-of-Home-Canning-and-Preserving-Contest-Rules

This is the part that scares me most... "All recipes must be the original work of entrant and not previously published. Recipe must not infringe the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity. All entries become the property of Taste of Home and Reader's Digest Association and will not be returned."

It closed last week, but it's still scary to think they asked for this. And I look forward to seeing what the winner recipes look like.

Carol

Hi Chris,

I know you said we didn’t have to respond but when I came across your comment I wanted to send you an email.

Although we didn’t state it in the rules or requirements for the Canning and Preserving Contest, we do ph test each and every recipe that we test in our kitchen to make sure that it meets or exceeds the USDA food safety guidelines. If the tests come back even remotely close to borderline levels we don’t take any chances and eliminate the recipe.

We are in constant contact with University of Wisconsin food science department and are always checking and verifying methods, ingredients and equipment to make sure everything we say is accurate and safe. In addition, our entire test kitchen staff, as well as our food and recipe editors, go through a yearly class to keep up to date.

Food safety is of the upmost importance in all our recipes, not just canning and preserving recipes. We have a number of contacts within the USDA who we refer to throughout the year whenever we see something we question as being safe.

Thanks again for your email and concern,
James

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James Schend
Food Editor
Taste of Home Brands
Reader's Digest Association
5400 South 60th St.
Greendale, WI 53129

Thank you for sharing that with us.

Carol