# pasteurizing food for pregnancy

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pasteurizing-food-for-pregnancy/13188>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\
**Created:** [February 19, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pasteurizing-food-for-pregnancy/13188 "2018-02-19T09:43:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/omri/32/2920_2.png) [@Omri](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Omri)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pasteurizing-food-for-pregnancy/13188/1 "2018-02-19T09:43:21Z")

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Hey all, just got my ANOVA today 🙂

so i was looking at pasteurizing temperatures and times but i cant really find something simple and clear on this.

is there a table or some easy explanation for this issue

my wife is pregnant and one of the hardest things for is eating a well done steak (i know first world problems)

Thanks in advance for the help

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**Author:** ![fischersd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/fischersd/32/5594_2.png) [@fischersd](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/fischersd)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pasteurizing-food-for-pregnancy/13188/2 "2018-02-19T12:13:54Z")

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Congrats on your APC purchase! You’re going to love what you’re able to do with it!

Suggestion - keep a journal - helps you to tweak recipes / cooking parameters when you have significant times between iterations.

You should get familiar with Douglas Baldwin’s site…it’s like the “sous vide bible” for some of us. 🙂

Pasteurization tables can be found at Appendix Table C in his guide:  
[www.douglasbaldwin.com/sous-vide.html#Government\_Pasteurization\_Tables](http://www.douglasbaldwin.com/sous-vide.html#Government_Pasteurization_Tables)

Cheers!

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**Author:** ![RichardOL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/richardol/32/701_2.png) [@RichardOL](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/RichardOL)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pasteurizing-food-for-pregnancy/13188/3 "2018-02-19T14:53:58Z")

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This should help.

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**Author:** ![Ember](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/ember/32/729_2.png) [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pasteurizing-food-for-pregnancy/13188/4 "2018-02-19T19:48:46Z")

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There are also tables for pasteurisation based upon thickness in Baldwin:

[http://www.douglasbaldwin.com/sous-vide.html#Safety](http://www.douglasbaldwin.com/sous-vide.html#Safety)