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USDA lowers pork's safe cooking temp

USDA lowers pork's safe cooking temp

A bit of pink in pork appears to be OK after all. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is lowered its temperature recommendation for cooking pork to 145 degrees.

 

China vows to stop restaurant reuse of cooking oil

China vows to stop restaurant reuse of cooking oil

Chinese call it "gutter oil" — a foul slop fished up from sewage drains or collected at restaurant back doors — and it's being used widely in the country's eateries.

Senh: Ok. I'm officially grossed out, and my life expectancy has probably been shortened for a couple minutes while I was in China eating from street side restaurants.

 

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