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Cook: Heat it Up Chart Print

Apply the heat...and Fight BAC!® 

Food is safely cooked when it reaches a high enough internal temperature to kill the harmful bacteria that cause illness.  So Fight BAC!® by cooking food to the proper temperature:

Safe Cooking Temperatures  - As measured with a food thermometer.

Ground Meat & Meat Mixtures
Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb160° F
Turkey, Chicken165° F
Fresh Beef, Veal Lamb
Medium Rare145° F
Medium160° F
Well Done170° F
Poultry
Chicken & Turkey, whole165° F
Poultry Parts165° F
Duck & Goose165° F
Stuffing (cooked alone or in bird)165° F
Fresh Pork
Medium160° F
Well Done170° F
Ham
Fresh (raw)160° F
Pre-cooked (to reheat)140° F
Eggs & Egg Dishes
EggsCook until yolk & white are firm
Egg Dishes160° F
Seafood
Fin fish145° F or until opaque & flakes easily with fork
Shrimp, Lobster & CrabsFlesh pearly & opaque
Clams, Oysters & MusselsShells open during cooking
ScallopsMilky white or opaque & firm
Leftovers & Casseroles165° F
 

fightbac.org, the website of the Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE), is your resource for Fight BAC! food safety and safe food handling campaign information.

The Partnership for Food Safety Education unites representatives from industry associations, professional societies in food science, nutrition and health consumer groups, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration in an important initiative to educate the public about safe food handling practices needed to keep food safe from bacteria and prevent foodborne illness.

   

If juices run clear then meat and poultry is cooked to a safe temperature.




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