1 We defined undercooking as cooking to less than 155Â°F because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Code says that restaurants should cook ground beef to 155Â°F for 15 seconds. 2  We also looked at whether restaurants used a thermometer to check final temperatures of hamburgers. Undercooking of ground beef. 2  We defined undercooking as cooking to less than 155Â°F because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Code says that restaurants should cook ground beef to 155Â°F for 15 seconds.
smithsonian.com. David J. Skorton, president of Cornell University, a cardiologist and a jazz musician, was named the 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution today. He will succeed current secretary G. Wayne Clough, who will retire at the end of this year.
James Smithson (1765â1829) was a wealthy English scientist who devoted his life to research. That establishment became the Smithsonian. Smithson's bones now lie in the Smithsonian Castle. Originally they were buried in a cemetery in Italy.