Chicken cooking time at 70.6°C and 8% fat

Temperature: 70.6°C / 159°F
Fat content: 8%
Target: 7-log Salmonella reduction
Required time: 19.8 seconds

Source

Data on this page are derived from the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Revised Appendix A), December 2021.

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Table 3 — Time-Temperature Combinations for Chicken Products to Achieve Lethality

Page 37 · Row 24 · Column 8% fat

Guideline FSIS-GD-2021-0014 · version 2021

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What this value means

For Chicken at 159°F / 70.6°C and 8% fat, Table 3 lists a required dwell time of 19.8 seconds to support a 7-log reduction of Salmonella. The value comes from USDA FSIS Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Revised Appendix A, December 2021, FSIS-GD-2021-0014) (page 37, row 24, column 8% fat). This site returns only exact published rows: it does not interpolate between temperatures, invent fat levels, or merge different FSIS tables into a new recommendation.

Table 3 applies to chicken products and varies dwell time by fat content from 1% through 12%. FSIS states that products with unknown fat or more than 12% fat may use the 12% column when humidity requirements are met.

Converted temperature is a mathematical conversion of the source °F value using °C = (°F − 32) × 5 / 9, rounded half-up to 1 decimal place. It is not a new FSIS recommendation.

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°F	°C	Fat	Target	Time
154°F	67.8°C	8%	7-log	1.1 minutes
155°F	68.3°C	8%	7-log	50.4 seconds
156°F	68.9°C	8%	7-log	39.9 seconds
157°F	69.4°C	8%	7-log	31.6 seconds
158°F	70.0°C	8%	7-log	25 seconds
159°F	70.6°C	8%	7-log	19.8 seconds
160°F	71.1°C	8%	7-log	15.6 seconds
161°F	71.7°C	8%	7-log	12.4 seconds
162°F	72.2°C	8%	7-log	9.8 seconds
163°F	72.8°C	8%	7-log	Instantaneous (0 seconds)
164°F	73.3°C	8%	7-log	Instantaneous (0 seconds)

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Humidity and come-up time

Because this endpoint is at or above 145°F, FSIS Relative Humidity Options 1–4 in Table 1 (page 26) may apply when using this time-temperature table.

Humidity and heating come-up time are critical operating parameters for using the table. They do not change the dwell time printed in this row. FSIS recommends limiting the total time product temperature is between 50 and 130°F to 6 hours or less.

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Other temperatures

66.1°C / 151°F 2.3 minutes 66.7°C / 152°F 1.7 minutes 67.2°C / 153°F 1.3 minutes 67.8°C / 154°F 1.1 minutes 68.3°C / 155°F 50.4 seconds 68.9°C / 156°F 39.9 seconds 69.4°C / 157°F 31.6 seconds 70.0°C / 158°F 25 seconds 70.6°C / 159°F 19.8 seconds 71.1°C / 160°F 15.6 seconds 71.7°C / 161°F 12.4 seconds 72.2°C / 162°F 9.8 seconds 72.8°C / 163°F Instantaneous (0 seconds) 73.3°C / 164°F Instantaneous (0 seconds) 73.9°C / 165°F Instantaneous (0 seconds)

Other fat levels

1% fat 17.3 seconds 2% fat 17.6 seconds 3% fat 18 seconds 4% fat 18.3 seconds 5% fat 18.7 seconds 6% fat 19 seconds 7% fat 19.4 seconds 8% fat 19.8 seconds 9% fat 20.1 seconds 10% fat 20.5 seconds 11% fat 20.9 seconds 12% fat 21.3 seconds

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Important

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FSIS guidance does not have the force and effect of law. Users are responsible for determining the scientific and regulatory support applicable to their own processes.