what temperature to cook pork loins
That is, until 2011, when they updated their recommendations. The USDA now lists 145 F as its recommended safe minimum cooking temperature for fresh pork. In other words, medium as opposed to well-done. A pork loin cooked to 145 F might look a little bit pink in the middle, but that's perfectly all right. In fact, it's great. Some intrepid souls, in search of ever more tenderness and juiciness, might even dare for 135 F to 140 F.