A breakfast cook cracks shell eggs to order and serves each plate as soon as it is ready. What minimum internal cooking temperature applies to these eggs?
a.135°F with no hold time
b.165°F held for 15 seconds
c.145°F for 15 seconds
d.155°F held for 17 seconds
Explanation
Shell eggs cooked to order and served immediately must reach 145°F for 15 seconds, the same line of the chart as seafood and whole cuts of meat. If eggs are pooled or will be held for later service, the higher standard of 155°F for 17 seconds applies instead. 165°F is the poultry and stuffed-food temperature, and 135°F is a hot-holding temperature rather than a cooking temperature for raw shell eggs.
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