With a good quality control program customers will associate quality with your product . As a food processor you need to know who to talk to about quality assurance programs . Manitoba Agriculture and Food and Manitoba Environment. establish and use a sanitation program. For best quality pick or buy produce the day it is to be processed . If the produce cannot be used immediately, store in a cool, well-ventilated area .
Cucumbers particularly deteriorate rapidly, especially at room temperature.
Manitoba produce should be picked at the ideal stage of maturity. Choose tender vegetables and firm fruit of the best quality . Seed catalogues and Manitoba Agriculture and Food are good sources of information about varieties that are suitable for pickling. Salt acts as a preservative and adds flavour and crispness. Other salts contain anti-caking materials that may make the brine cloudy.