# What is the Minimum, safest temperature to cook for all meats?

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**Created:** [September 16, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-safest-temperature-to-cook-for-all-meats/9384 "2017-09-16T17:43:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ldberms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@Ldberms](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ldberms)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-safest-temperature-to-cook-for-all-meats/9384/1 "2017-09-16T17:43:07Z")

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I noticed some comments about minimum safe temperatures to cook ribeye steaks on Sep 11. A couple comments in response to a cooking question made me take notice. A response from Zokellib mentioned the possibility of creating clostridium butulinum and deadly toxins if meat is cooked below a safe “tipping” point. My question is What is a minimum safe temperature to cook all meat - beef, pork, lamb, chicken, fish, etc.? Does Anova provide a chart we can access that provides this information and also a chart for cooking temperatures and cooking times for various meats at rare, med-rare, medium and well done?

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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:** [September 16, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-safest-temperature-to-cook-for-all-meats/9384/2 "2017-09-16T21:23:57Z")

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The best information available is by Douglas Baldwin as his work is what all of the Food Safety Standards for sous vide are based upon.

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

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**Author:** ![AlyssaWOAH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/alyssawoah/32/2946_2.png) [@AlyssaWOAH](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/AlyssaWOAH)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-safest-temperature-to-cook-for-all-meats/9384/3 "2017-09-17T16:50:02Z")

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We have a basic guide that you can check out for time and temperature. [Sous Vide Time and Temperature Guide – Anova Culinary](https://anovaculinary.com/anova-sous-vide-time-temperature-guide/)

For something more informative and in depth, I’d check out what @Ember posted.