Question

Statement 1: The factor F0 shows the microbial safety in the food item at the coldest point.

Statement 2: F0 takes the time-temperature data at that particular point and compares conventional heating to microwave heating.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

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This intriguing question comes from Unit Operations topic in portion Heat Transfer Equipment, Microwave Heating, Evaporation, Diffusion and Mass Transfer and Dehydration of Food Engineering

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) True, True

The explanation is: The factor F0 shows the microbial safety in the food item at the coldest point. F0 takes the time-temperature data at that particular point and compares conventional heating to microwave heating.