Statement 1: Changes in chicken and fish flesh such as decomposition due to enzymes is desirable. Statement 2: Decomposition in beef is not desirable.

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asked Jan 30, 2022 in Food Engineering by Amelia (93.8k points)

Statement 1: Changes in chicken and fish flesh such as decomposition due to enzymes is desirable.

Statement 2: Decomposition in beef is not desirable.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

I got this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

The query is from Principles of Food Freezing-2 topic in portion 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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