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7 Responses to “Food Safety: 10 Guidelines for the Elderly”

1. Elizabeth Says:
   

   Excellent points for all of us, really.

   Thanks!

2. stormy_76 Says:
   

   my mother is 78 and she and i live together. her health is fairly good thanks to blood pressure medicine and her pacemaker. she loves roast lamb. and she likes it medium--should i start insisting it be well-done?

3. Eald Says:
   

   What about things that have raw eggs as an ingredient like ice cream or cookie dough?

4. CareShare Network Says:
   

   Extremely helpful tips. Thanks!

5. Christine Salazar, RD Says:
   

   Thanks for your positive comments—and those are some great questions. So to answer stormy_76 as long as the lamb reaches160˚ Fahrenheit then the meat is cooked sufficiently. If it falls below 160˚ Fahrenheit you run the risk of food-borne illness. So if your mother prefers her lamb at a lower temperature you need to explain to her that she is taking a risk with her health.
   Eald, anything with raw eggs in it, like cookie dough, is risky to eat and should not be consumed. Ice cream, on the other hand, is stored below 40˚ Fahrenheit and is therefore different. Store-bought ice creams tend to be pasteurized (heat-treated) so a store-bought ice cream with “raw” cookie dough is safe to eat.

6. Lindsay Says:
   

   Here is an easy to use food safety thermometer that has a probe for internal measurements and an infrared sensor for surface temperature measurement.

   http://www.instrumart.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=4990

7. sany Says:
   

   I would like to know what temperature the food has to be for elderly when served on the table.

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