A cook is cooking ground turkey patties to order. What minimum internal temperature and hold time does the Food Code require?
a.145°F for 15 seconds
b.155°F for 17 seconds
c.165°F for <1 second
d.150°F for 1 minute
Explanation
Ground turkey is poultry, and the Food Code sets poultry — whole or comminuted — at 165°F for <1 second (§3-401.11(A)(3)). Grinding does not move it: the 155°F/17-second row covers comminuted MEAT and fish, not poultry. The 150°F/1-minute pairing is not a comminuted rule at all — it comes from the whole-meat roast table in §3-401.11(B), which never applies to poultry. Read the food type first, then the form: the type decides which table you are in.
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