Sources and Food-Safety References

These sources support the site’s safety and historical framing. Always use the current guidance for your own location.

International

• World Health Organization — Five Keys to Safer Food

Canada

• Health Canada — safe internal cooking temperatures
• Health Canada — leftovers
• Health Canada — safe recipe style guide

United States

• FoodSafety.gov — safe minimum internal temperatures
• FoodSafety.gov — cold food storage
• National Park Service — American Latino food history, including chili con carne

United Kingdom

• Food Standards Agency — cooking and reheating food

Historical collections

• Library of Congress community cookbook collections
• Smithsonian Libraries record — Chillies: A Global History