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.
As for how much to cook your pork, go by temperature, not color. The USDA recommends that pork be cooked to an internal temperature of at least 160 degrees, though chefs like Jonathan Zearfoss, culinary arts professor at the Culinary Institute of America, advocate for less. âFrom a purely aesthetic standpoint, I think 145 is well past the desirable temperature,â he says.