Cooking Temperatures
The safe internal temperature when reheating a leftover meal.
What is 165 degrees F ?
The faster method of thawing but requires more attention.
What is cold water thawing?
A bacterial illness associated with raw or undercooked poultry and eggs. Causes symptoms such as diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, fever and cramps.
What is Salmonella or Salmonellosis?
Doing this to your food can keep it safe by preventing bacteria from growing.
What is freezing?
What is soap and hot water?
The safe internal temperature when cooking pork chops.
What is 145 degrees F?
Planning ahead is key to this method because of the lengthy time involved.
What is refrigerator thawing?
Highly contagious virus that is spread by contaminated food and drink, person to person or by lack of handwashing. Causes symptoms like severe vomiting and diarrhea.
What is Norovirus?
The safe temperature of your freezer.
What is 0 degrees F or below?
Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill
The safe internal temperature when cooking shellfish.
What is 145 degrees F?
Thawing food with these two methods should be immediately cooked after.
What is microwave thawing and cold water thawing?
Foodborne illnesses are caused by 4 types of contaminants.
What is bacterias, viruses, parasites and chemicals?
The location for raw meats in you refrigerator.
What is lower shelves?
Percent of alcohol needed in sanitizer to clean your hands when soap and water are not available.
What is 60% ?
The safe internal temperature when cooking ground meats.
What is 160 degrees F?
When using cold water method, you must place the food in a leak-proof bag and change the water every this many minutes.
What is 30 minutes?
A Foodborne illness commonly seen during holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas due to leaving food out in the danger zone for too long.
What is Clostridium Perfringens?
The max amount of time you can leave your perishable foods out of the refrigerator.
What is 2 hours?
Not recommended due to spreading more bacteria with water.
What is washing your meats?
The safe internal temperature when cooking eggs.
What is 160 degrees F?
Leaving cooked ground beef out on the kitchen counter to thaw overnight is a major food hazard because it reaches a certain temperature range.
What is 40F - 140F ?
Bacteria can produce ___ while in the danger zone that are resistant to heat and can grow without oxygen, making us sick.
What is bacterial spores?
Two settings in where you should refrigerate perishable foods within 1 hour.
What is picnic and hot car?
Method to prevent cross contamination when cutting vegetables and raw meats.
What is using separate cutting boards?