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Poultry, Egg and Meat problems


  • 1. Iced, cut up poultry often develops a slime i.e. accompanied by an odor describe as tainted, acid, sour or dishraggy. This defect is chiefly by the species of

  • Options
  • A. Pseudomonas
  • B. Alcaligenes
  • C. hetero-fermentative species
  • D. catalase negative bacteria
  • Discuss
  • 2. 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
  • 3. 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
  • 4. Colorless rots in eggs is caused by

  • Options
  • A. Pseudomonas alcaligenes
  • B. Pseudomonas fluorescens
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 5. Beef hams are made spongy by species of

  • Options
  • A. Rhodotorula
  • B. Bacillus
  • C. Pseudomonas
  • D. red Bacillus
  • Discuss
  • 6. 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

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