Statement 1: Which of the following methods is used to determine process times for products? Statement 2: Which of the conditions is the above method used in?

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Statement 1: Which of the following methods is used to determine process times for products?

Statement 2: Which of the conditions is the above method used in?

(a) Slowest heating-fastest cooling composite data from heat penetration studies will be excess under sanitary conditions

(b) Inoculated pack studies, will be inadequate under poor processing conditions

(c) Statistical evaluation, will be inadequate under poor processing conditions

(d) All of the mentioned, all of the mentioned

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This intriguing question comes from Principles of Food Preservation by Canning-4 in section Principles of Food Preservation by Canning and Drying and Principles of Food Concentrates of Food Engineering

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