The period of time elapsed from placing the cans into the retort and starting to heat until the retort reaches processing temperature is termed as _____
(a) Slope of cooling curve, fc
(b) Slope of heating curve, fh
(c) Zero time
(d) Come-up-time
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Enquiry is from Principles of Food Preservation by Canning-3 in chapter Principles of Food Preservation by Canning and Drying and Principles of Food Concentrates of Food Engineering