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temperature rules for safe cooking
Make sure you cook and keep foods at the correct temperature to ensure food
safety. Bacteria can grow in foods between 40 ºF and 140 ºF. To keep foods
out of this danger zone, keep cold foods cold and hot foods hot. Use a clean
food thermometer and measure the internal temperature of cooked food to make
sure meat, poultry, and egg dishes are cooked to the temperatures listed below.
For more information on food safety, please visit www.isitdoneyet.gov.
“Is it done yet?”
You can’t tell by looking. Use a food thermometer to be sure.
USDA Recommended Safe Minimum Internal Temperatures
Beef, Veal, Lamb Fish Pork Beef, Veal, Lamb Egg Dishes Turkey, Chicken & Duck
Steaks & Roasts Ground Whole, Pieces & Ground
145 °F 145 °F 160 °F 160 °F 160 °F 165 °F
www.IsItDoneYet.gov
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