This range of temperatures is often called the danger zone keep food out of the danger zone never leave food out of refrigeration over 2 hours.
Kitchen temperature danger zone. If the temperature is above 90. Bacteria can multiply rapidly if left at room temperature or in the danger zone between 40 f and 140 f. This ranges from 20 45 c 68 113 f. Bacteria grow most rapidly in the range of temperatures between 40 f and 140 f doubling in number in as little as 20 minutes.
Never leave perishable food out for more than 2 hours or 1 hour if it s hotter than 90 f outside. The temperature danger zone is food temperatures between 41 and 135 degrees fahrenheit and the most rapid bacteria growth occurs between 70 and 125 degrees fahrenheit. The danger zone hot and cold holding proper cooking temperatures as well as thawing and cooling food. The danger zone is the temperature range in which food borne bacteria can grow.
Food safety agencies such as the united states food safety and inspection service fsiis define the danger zone as roughly 4 45 to 60 c 40 01 to 140 00 f. The danger zone is a temperature range in which bacteria grow and multiple at its fastest. Bacteria can however grow and survive between 5 65 c 41 149 f. In the next segment we will explain temperature control including.
But the most common food related bacteria grow at their best in the danger zone.