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  • The presence of viable non-spore forming bacteria in heat process canned foods indicates leakage of the container. Which of the following is responsible for the spoilage of leaky cans?


  • Options
  • A. Plant equipment
  • B. Cooling water
  • C. Highly acidic medium
  • D. High sugar content

  • Correct Answer
  • Cooling water 


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    • 1. The technique first described to determine the incipient spoilage in meat was

    • Options
    • A. homogenate extract volume (HEV)
    • B. agar Plate Count (APC)
    • C. extract Release Volume (ERV)
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Beef hams are made spongy by species of

    • Options
    • A. Rhodotorula
    • B. Bacillus
    • C. Pseudomonas
    • D. red Bacillus
    • Discuss
    • 3. Colorless rots in eggs is caused by

    • Options
    • A. Pseudomonas alcaligenes
    • B. Pseudomonas fluorescens
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following microorganism spoil poultry in polyethylene bags?

    • Options
    • A. Pseudomonas-achromobacter
    • B. Alcaligenes
    • C. hetero-fermentative species
    • D. catalase negative bacteria
    • Discuss
    • 5. The red color of meat, called its bloom, may be changed to shades of green, brown or grey as a result of production of oxidizing compounds by bacteria. Which of the following species are reported to cause the greening of sausage?

    • Options
    • A. Lactobacillus
    • B. Leuconostoc
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. Pseudomonas
    • Discuss
    • 6. The butyric acid type of fermentation in acid or medium acid foods, with swelling of the container by the carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas is caused by

    • Options
    • A. C. butyricum
    • B. C. pasteurianum
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. C. sporogenes
    • Discuss
    • 7. Sulfur stinker spoilage, caused by is uncommonly found in

    • Options
    • A. low acid foods
    • B. medium acid foods
    • C. high acid foods
    • D. any of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Canned poultry is more often spoiled by

    • Options
    • A. putrefactive than by Saccharolytic Clostridia
    • B. Saccharolytic Clostridia than by putrefactive
    • C. Saccharomyces species
    • D. Micrococcus species
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following strain(s), that grow in the jellies and candid fruits, are able to grow in sugar concentration upto 67.5%?

    • Options
    • A. Aspergillus
    • B. Penicillium
    • C. Citromyces
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following(s) is/are porteolytic or putrefactive decomposing proteins with the production of malodorous compounds such as H2S, mercaptans, ammonia, indole and skatole?

    • Options
    • A. C. sporogenes
    • B. C. putrifaciens
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. C. butyricum
    • Discuss


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