Sources

What we read before we wrote it

Every quotation on this site comes from one of these documents, printed word for word, with the date we read it.

• Food Packaging & Other Substances that Come in Contact with Food: Information for Consumers

  U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read 15 August 2026.

  www.fda.gov/food/food-ingredients-packaging/food-packaging-other-substances-come-contact-food-information-consumers

• Safe Minimum Internal Temperature Chart

  USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. Read 15 August 2026.

  www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/safe-temperature-chart

• Cooking Fire Safety

  U.S. Fire Administration. Read 15 August 2026.

  www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/home-fires/prevent-fires/cooking/