Raw animal foods such as eggs, fish, poultry, meat, and foods containing these raw animal foods, must be cooked to heat all parts of the food to the following minimum requirements for temperature and time:
Minimum Cooking Temperatures and Times
Temperatures | Time | Food |
63°C (145°F) | 15 seconds | Shell eggs for individual order, immediate service; Fish, seafood, beef, veal, lamb, mutton and buffalo |
68°C (155°F) 66°C (150°F) 63°C (145°F) | 15 seconds, or 1 minute, or 3 minutes | Pork, game animals, ground or chopped meat and fish, injected meats, eggs in multiserving batches |
Oven Parameters Required for Destruction of Pathogens
on the Surface of Roasts of Beef and Corned Beef
Oven Type | Oven Temperature | |
Roast Weight | ||
Less than or equal to 4.5 kg(10 lbs) | Greater than 4.5 kg (10 lbs) | |
Still Dry | 177°C (350°F) | 121°C (250°F) |
Convection | 163°C (325°F) | 163°C (325°F) |
High Humidity* | Less than 121° C (250°F) | Less than 121°C (250°F) |
*Relative humidity greater than 90% for at least one hour as measured in the cooking chamber or exit the oven; or in a moisture-impermeable bag that provides 100% humidity. |
Minimum Holding Times Required at Specified Temperatures
for Cooking All Parts of Roasts of Beef and Corned Beef
RARE MEDIUM RARE | |||||
Temperature Time* °C (°F) | Temperature Time* °C (°F) | Temperature Time* °C (°F) | |||
54 (130) | 121 minutes | 58 (136) | 32 minutes | 61 (142) | 8 minutes |
56 (132) | 77 minutes | 59 (138) | 19 minutes | 62 (144) | 5 minutes |
57 (134) | 47 minutes | 60 (140) | 12 minutes | 63 (145) | 3 minutes |
*Holding time may include postoven heat rise. |
Except for food establishments serving a highly susceptible population, this section does not apply to raw or partially cooked foods, if the food is a raw animal food, such as raw marinated fish, raw molluscan shellfish, or steak tartare or a partially cooked food, such as lightly cooked fish, rare meat, and soft-cooked eggs, that is served or offered for sale in a ready-to-eat form and the consumer is informed that to ensure their safety the food should be cooked as required.
S.D. Admin. R. 44:02:07:28
General Authority: SDCL 34-1-17, 34-18-22.
Law Implemented: SDCL 34-18-22, 34-18-25.