All of the Following Are True About Microorganisms in Food

question 9

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about microorganisms in food EXCEPT:

• A)freezing kills most microbes that contaminate food
• B)many microbes find the high osmotic pressure in jam inhospitable
• C)scallops rarely transmit disease because only muscular portions are eaten
• D)chicken eggs are porous allowing the entry of bacteria as well as fungi

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Definitions:

Dawes Act

An 1887 law that aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by distributing reservation land to individual owners.

Treaty System

A framework or set of principles that governs the making and enforcement of treaties between sovereign states, including agreements on trade, peace, and alliances.

Elk v. Wilkins

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court case in 1884 that held that Native Americans who voluntarily quit their tribes did not automatically gain U.S. citizenship.

Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments

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