Food Safety Guidelines
Safe minimum cooking temperatures.
Food safety guidelines. Check this chart for a detailed list of foods and temperatures external icon. Food poisoning not only sends 128000 americans to the hospital each yearit can also have long term health consequences. Did you know that 1 in 6 americans will get sick from food poisoning this year alone. With good hygiene pdf only colorful 8 by 5 card conveys the theme for national food safety education month 2005.
Following the four simple steps clean separate cook and chill below can help keep your family safe from food poisoning at home. Storage guidelines for home refrigerated foods to keep them from spoiling or becoming dangerous to eat. Cold food storage chart. Skip directly to site content skip directly to page options skip directly to a z link.
1450f for whole cuts of beef pork veal and lamb then allow the meat to rest for 3 minutes before carving or eating. Each year 1 in 6 americans get sick from eating contaminated food. Safe steps in food handling cooking and storage are essential in preventing foodborne illness. How do you prevent food poisoning.
Clean wash hands and surfaces often. Visit cdcs food safety site for simple tips to help prevent food poisoning and for information on foodborne disease outbreaks. In the 1980s the international programme on chemical safety ipcs sponsored the preparation of environmental health criteria monographs ehcs on principles for the safety assessment of food additives and contaminants in food ehc 70 and principles for the toxicological assessment of pesticide residues in food ehc 104. Cook all food to these minimum internal temperatures as measured with a food thermometer for safety.
You cant see smell or taste harmful bacteria that may cause illness.