# USDA Safe Cooking Temperatures Checker

> USDA Safe Cooking Temperatures Checker is a paid API for AI agents from cooking-calc.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Returns the USDA minimum internal cooking temperature for a named food and optionally checks whether your thermometer reading is safe.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://cooking-calc.x402tookit.com/safe-temperatures?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/usda-safe-cooking-temperatures-checker-9f0611a1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_W4fIE5Al4jd7CVb3rnj8m

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability usda-safe-cooking-temperatures-checker-9f0611a1
```

Example prompt: My chicken breast reads 157°F on the thermometer — is that safe to eat according to USDA guidelines?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an agent or user needs authoritative USDA food safety temperature data for a specific food, or wants to verify whether a measured thermometer reading meets food safety standards. Prefer over generic web search when you need structured, machine-readable temperature thresholds with a pass/fail verdict.

## Known failure modes

- Food name not recognized — returns null or empty results with no matching category
- Missing required 'food' param when measuredC or measuredF is supplied — verdict cannot be computed
- Unrecognized food type returns full chart instead of specific food data
- Network or payment failure returns no data

## How this service works

USDA minimum internal cooking temperature for a food (poultry, ground meat, steaks, fish, eggs), plus a check of your reading.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the USDA minimum safe internal temperature for the queried food in both Celsius and Fahrenheit, the food category, required rest time in minutes, and optionally a verdict (safe or unsafe) with a temperature difference and explanatory reasons if a measured temperature was provided. Also includes a source citation and disclaimer.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "food": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "A food, for example chicken breast, ground beef, pork chop, salmon, eggs, leftovers; omit to list the whole chart"
      },
      "measuredC": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Your thermometer reading in C (needs food)"
      },
      "measuredF": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Your thermometer reading in F (needs food)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "asOf": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "query": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "reasons": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "summary": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "verdict": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "category": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "degraded": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "minimumC": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "minimumF": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "measuredC": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "measuredF": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "notChecked": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "description": {
       
… (truncated)
```

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