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Jars may not seal for several reasons: You may have miscalculated the processing time, pieces of food may not have been cleaned from the jar rim, you may have left an improper amount of headspace, or the sealant on the lids may have been defective. The safest and easiest method for treating processed jars that didn’t seal is to refrigerate the jar immediately and use the product within two weeks.

If you want to reprocess jars that didn’t seal, you can do that. But keep in mind that reprocessing your food takes almost as much time as making the recipe from the beginning. The only time to consider reprocessing jars is if every jar in the kettle doesn’t seal.

To reprocess unsealed jars, follow these steps:

1 Remove the single-use lid and discard it. If using a reusable lid, inspect it for damage, wash and sanitize the lid and gasket, and try again.

2 Check the edge of the jar for damage.If the jar is damaged, discard the food in case a broken piece of glass fell into the food.

3 Discard any damaged jars.

4 Reheat the food.

5 Follow the step-by-step instructions in this chapter for filling your jars, releasing air bubbles, and processing your sterilized, filled jars.

6 Reprocess the filled jars for the recommended time for your recipe.

7 Check the seal after your jars have completely cooled.