Safe Food Cooking Temperatures

The only way to accurately tell the internal temperature of food is with a cooking or meat thermometer. This quick reference will help you keep track of proper internal temperatures for all of your favorite meat dishes.  Keep a cooking or  meat thermometer handy, so you can be sure your  dishes are both safe and delicious.

The temperature of a whole turkey must reach 180ºF deep in the thigh and 170° in the breast and the stuffing must reach 165ºF.  For safety and uniform doneness of turkey, cook stuffing separately.* Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) is a detailed procedure of food safety implemented by evaluation and control of chemical, microbiological, physical hazards during the whole processes of a food preparation and production from raw material handling to manufacturing and dispatch and distribution. This systematic strategy is mainly on the basis of prevention and detection of potential food safety hazards rather than finished product audit. The Critical Control Points (CCPs) are basically carried out to decrease / eliminate the risk of the identified hazards. HACCP system is compulsory for the production of Juice and seafood regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and also Meat production regulated by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).  For other ranges of food production it is currently optional to perform HACCP program.