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Food for Thought: Birds Don't Have to Be So Hot

11-25-2006 · Science News Online

The U.S. Department of Agriculture revised downward, by 15°F, the internal temperature that a cooked turkey must reach in order to be safe to eat. Whether consumers find the meat palatable or rubbery at 165°F is another issue.

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