Question

Statement 1: After harvest, there is a decline in the uptake of oxygen.

Statement 2:  After harvest, there is a sharp rise in the uptake of oxygen.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

The question was asked in unit test.

The question is from Principles of Fresh Food Storage-1 in chapter Food Preservation, Principles of Fresh Food Storage,  Principles of Refrigerated Gas Storage of Foods and Principles of Food Freezing of Food Engineering

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) True, False

To elaborate: After harvest, there is a decline in the uptake of oxygen. This is followed by a sharp rise to a peak.