Session 5 and 6

By keeping food cold the growth of microorganisms is

• Increased

• Not changed

• Minimized

• Stopped and they are killed

Any change that results in food unfit for human consumption is called

• Processing

• Deterioration

• Spoilage

• Preservation

Spoilage in food because of microbial activity can be prevented or delayed by

• Prohibiting the entry of micro-organisms in food

• Physical removal of micro-organisms

• Inhibiting the activity of micro-organisms

• All of above

Meat can be spoiled by psychrotrophic microorganisms under refrigeration

• True

• False

Which group of microorganisms have generally an advantage in acidic foods?

• Moulds

• Bacteria

• Virus

• Prion

What is food spoilage?

• Food spoilage is the situation when people get food poisoning

• Food spoilage results when microbiological, chemical, or physical changes occur, rendering the food product unacceptable to the consumer

• Food spoilage is the situation when food production standards have been compromised

Which is the region of the gastro-intestinal tract with a higher number of microorganisms?

• Small intestine

• Stomach

• Colon

The gut microbiota could be affected by...

• Antibiotics

• Diet

• Method of delivery at birth

• All of them

Probiotic bacteria needs to survive in the gastrointestinal tract

• True

• False

The combination of probiotics and probiotics is called

• Synbiotic

• Postbiotic

• Dualbiotic

• Parabiotic