Meat Canning

The Rittman Distribution Center spends about two weeks each year canning thousands of cans of meat in order to provide a high-protein product to ship to those in need.
A trailer is rented from Mennonite Central Committee each fall and spring which includes the necessary equipment to seal the cans and process the meat in canners as well as several men trained to run the canners. Volunteers follow USDA approved procedures to grind the raw meat and fill cans to the appropriate weight. After the meat is processed in the canners, volunteers wash and label the cans.
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