Any sort of change, injury, or trauma to an infantâs umbilical cord can result in serious medical issues. If an umbilical cord become compressed, oxygen, blood flow, and nutrients can be cut off from the baby, resulting in brain damage and in severe cases, fetal death. Fortunately, umbilical cord compression can be detected easily and if treated quickly, the aforementioned medical problems may be eliminated.
The one exception is that ground pork needs to be cooked to the higher temperature of 160Â°F, so keep this in mind when making meatloaf or burgers out of ground pork. Kitchen Fact Source: Fresh Pork from Farm to Table at USDA.gov.
Pork is considered done when it reaches an average interior temperature of 75.9Â°C (170Â°F). 75.9 Â°C: Encyclopedia Americana. 1924: 413. It is necessary, therefore, that pork is cooked to an internal temperature of 176Â°F (77Â°C) for fresh loin roasts to 185Â°F (85Â°C) for other large fresh cuts. Cured and smoked products should reach an internal temperature of 160Â°F to 170Â°F (72Â°C to 85Â°C) 77â85 Â°C: Reichl, Ruth. The Gourmet Cookbook. New York; Conde Nast, 2004.