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Temperature and Time Requirements

for Food
CONTROLLING GROWTH OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENS

Temperature danger zone Cooking raw animal food


The temperature range at which disease- The table below shows minimum
causing bacteria grow best in requirements for some common raw animal
time/temperature control for safety food food.
(TCS) is called the temperature danger
Internal
zone.
Food temperature and
▪ Temperature danger zone is between time
41°F and 135°F.
▪ TCS food must pass through the Poultry
temperature danger zone as quickly as Wild animals
possible. 165°F for 15
Stuffed fish, meat, pasta or
▪ Keep hot food hot and cold food cold. poultry seconds
Always use a thermometer to check
Stuffing containing fish,
food temperatures.
meat or poultry

Cooling food 158°F (immediate)


OR
▪ Cool hot food from: Chopped or ground meat,
fish, and game animals 155°F for 15
▪ 135°F to 70°F within two hours seconds
AND Ratitae
OR
▪ 135°F to 41°F or below within a total Injected or tenderized 150°F for 1 minute
of six hours. meats
OR
▪ The faster food is cooled, the better. Eggs for hot holding
145°F for 3
minutes
Cold holding food
Fish
▪ Maintain cold food at 41°F or below.
Whole muscle meat 145°F for 15
▪ Frozen food must remain frozen.
Game animals seconds
Eggs for immediate service
TEMPERATURE AND TIME REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD

Hot holding food


▪ Maintain hot food at 135°F or above.
▪ Properly cooked roasts may be held at
130°F or above.

Reheating food
▪ Food made in-house and reheated for
hot holding must reach an internal
temperature of at least 165°F for 15
seconds.
▪ Food made in a food processing plant,
opened in the food establishment, and
reheated for hot holding must reach a
temperature of 135°F.
▪ Reheat food rapidly, within two hours.
▪ Food that has been cooked and cooled
properly may be served at any
temperature if it is going to be served
immediately.

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TEMPERATURE AND TIME REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD

Resources
Minnesota Department of Health Food
Business Safety
(www.health.state.mn.us/foodbizsafety)

Minnesota Department of Health


Food, Pools, and Lodging Services
PO Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
651-201-4500
health.foodlodging@state.mn.us
www.health.state.mn.us

Minnesota Department of Agriculture


Food and Feed Safety Division
625 Robert Street N
St. Paul, MN 55155-2538
651-201-6027
MDA.FFSD.Info@state.mn.us
www.mda.state.mn.us

JANUARY 2019
To obtain this information in a different format, call:
651-201-4500 or 651-201-6000. Printed on recycled
paper.

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