Michigan State University Extension
Preserving Food Safely - 01600595
10/13/97

WHEN CANNED FOODS FREEZE...

    Is it safe to use canned foods (either home canned   or

commercially
 canned) which have frozen?  If  freezing  does

not
break the seal (or seam,  in the case of tin cans),  the

food
will remain usable.   However, frozen canned foods  may

be
 less  palatable  than properly   stored   canned  foods.

Freezing
 may curdle  starchy  products.   Curdled  products

usually
 become  normal  after thawing  and  heating.   Thaw

frozen
canned foods slowly.                                 

    If canned foods must be  stored  in an unheated  place,

wrap
the jars or cans in paper or cover them with a blanket.

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