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.
Now the USDA says it's safe to cook pork to 145Â°F, which is in effect, medium as opposed to well-done. Pork cooked medium might look a little bit pink in the middle, but that's perfectly all right. In fact, it's great. My own personal preference for cooking pork is 135Â° to 140Â°F.