Statement 1: The stomach of a goat or a sheep has an enzyme called rennin which is used to make cottage/curd cheese. Statement 2: Certain sea-foods such as shrimps and lobsters can destroy vitamin B-12 in the body if eaten raw due to the presence of an enzyme called thiaminase.

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Statement 1: The stomach of a goat or a sheep has an enzyme called rennin which is used to make cottage/curd cheese.

Statement 2: Certain sea-foods such as shrimps and lobsters can destroy vitamin B-12 in the body if eaten raw due to the presence of an enzyme called thiaminase.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

This question was posed to me in homework.

Enquiry is from Food Preservation-2 in section 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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