Question

Death of bacterial spores permits computation of death points which is independent of all explanation.

(a) True

(b) False

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Query is from Principles of Food Preservation by Canning-1 topic in portion Principles of Food Preservation by Canning and Drying and Principles of Food Concentrates of Food Engineering

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) True

To elaborate: Death of bacterial spores is of logarithmic order and hence this lets us compare the heat resistance of species at different temperatures or of different species at the same temperatures.