How do pasteurization and irradiation prevent food spoilage?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Pasteurization: exposing food or beverage to high heat to destroy microorganisms
Irradiation: exposes food to gamma rays which kills or disables microorganisms
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following foods contains the lowest percentage of water?
A. butter B. peanut butter C. Swiss cheese D. baked potato E. cooked hamburger
Smoking during pregnancy may affect the intellectual and behavioral development of the fetus as it grows up. _________________________?
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Immediately before passing into the large intestine, the food mass must pass though the ____
a. pyloric sphincter b. lower esophageal sphincter c. ileocecal valve d. bolus e. pancreas