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This is Food Safety in a Minute from Washington State University Extension.
Families and friends are getting together to grill burgers and hot dogs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in six Americans get sick from eating contaminated food. Disease causing bacteria may be present in ground beef and hot dogs. Ground beef may be contaminated with pathogenic E. coli and hot dogs with Listeria.
It may be tempting to use grill marks or color as an indicator of doneness. However, the only way to ensure a safe hamburger or hotdog is to use a thermometer checking the endpoint temperature. The United States Department of Agriculture recommends you cook hamburgers and hot dogs to 160 degrees F to destroy disease-causing bacteria.
From Washington State University Extension, this is Susie Craig.
Resources
A Summer Grilling How-To. United States Department of Agriculture – Office of Analytics and Outreach, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. 6/5/2020. .