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Is It Done Yet?
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 °F and
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40 °F. To keep foods out of this danger zone, keep cold foods cold
and hot foods hot. Use a clean thermometer and measure the
internal temperature of cooked food to make sure meat, poultry,
and egg dishes are cooked to the temperatures listed below.
“
Is it doneyet?”
You can’t tell by looking. Use a food thermometer to be sure.
USDA Recommended Safe Minimum Internal Temperatures
Beef, Veal, Lamb
Steaks & Roasts
Fish
Pork
Beef, Veal, Lamb
Ground
Egg Dishes
Turkey, Chicken & Duck
Whole, Pieces & Ground
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45 °F
145 °F
160 °F
160 °F
160 °F
165 °F
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