Statement 1: Meat is more perishable than fish. Statement 2: At low temperatures, sometimes, the inside of the egg shell might solidify and expansion of the shell might lead to causing of the shell to crack.

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asked Jan 30, 2022 in Food Engineering by Amelia (93.7k points)

Statement 1: Meat is more perishable than fish.

Statement 2: At low temperatures, sometimes, the inside of the egg shell might solidify and expansion of the shell might lead to causing of the shell to crack.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

The question was posed to me in my homework.

Query is from Principles of Fresh Food Storage-3 topic in chapter Food Preservation, Principles of Fresh Food Storage, Principles of Refrigerated Gas Storage of Foods and Principles of Food Freezing of Food Engineering

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