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Is it cooked through? Pick a food and check the safe temperature

Is your chicken, burger or fish cooked through? Pick a food, slide to your thermometer reading and see how far you are from the safe target, plus the look-and-flake cues if you have no thermometer.

Based on UK Food Standards Agency and US food safety guidance, with notes where they differ. General food safety, not medical advice.

Sun 18 Oct 2026

A plate with a food thermometer in the middle, marked 75 degrees C

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