{"id":7524,"date":"2025-06-17T18:10:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/what-are-the-recommended-food-storage-temperatures\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:38:11","slug":"what-are-the-recommended-food-storage-temperatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/en\/what-are-the-recommended-food-storage-temperatures\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the main food safety temperatures?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7524\" class=\"elementor elementor-7524 elementor-804\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-element elementor-element-20170d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20170d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0202f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0202f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The UK Food Agency publishes temperature guidelines for food holding and cooking.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-596a772 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"596a772\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>You can use your ETI thermometer to check temperatures and minimize food-borne illness in your kitchen. Bacteria thrive between the temperatures of 4.5\u00b0C and 60\u00b0C. Food should not be stored between these temperatures for extended periods of time. Some leftover foods must be reheated to minimum temperatures to assure sufficient \"kill rates\" of bacteria or parasites.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb16eba elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_table\" data-id=\"eb16eba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_table.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-el-table-wrap wd-reset-all-last\">\n\t\t\t<table class=\"wd-el-table\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<tbody class=\"text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"wd-table-row elementor-repeater-item-fc5b8fe\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wd-table-cell elementor-repeater-item-024d8c0\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHolding hot foods\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wd-table-cell elementor-repeater-item-3dd0698\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t60 \u00b0 C or higher\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"wd-table-row elementor-repeater-item-da0d617\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wd-table-cell elementor-repeater-item-c78f692\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHolding cold foods\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wd-table-cell elementor-repeater-item-e8407be\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tless than 5\u00b0 C\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"wd-table-row elementor-repeater-item-69413f9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wd-table-cell elementor-repeater-item-29d6682\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFridge temperature\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wd-table-cell elementor-repeater-item-e98cdb5\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4.5 \u00b0 C or colder\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"wd-table-row elementor-repeater-item-7e16e71\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wd-table-cell elementor-repeater-item-a70d109\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFreezer temperature\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"wd-table-cell elementor-repeater-item-053f914\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t18 \u00b0 C to -23 \u00b0 C\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Food Agency publishes temperature guidelines for food holding and cooking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[598],"tags":[605],"class_list":["post-7524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-thermometers-en","tag-food-thermometers-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7524"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7528,"href":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7524\/revisions\/7528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ban.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}