Home-Canned Foods Should Be Boiled Before Consumption to Prevent Botulism

question 12

Multiple Choice

Home-canned foods should be boiled before consumption to prevent botulism.Considering that this treatment does NOT destroy endospores,why would it be helpful in preventing the disease?

• A)Because it would destroy the vegetative cells,and only the vegetative cells cause the disease.
• B)Because it would at least weaken the endospores,making them more susceptible to elimination by our immune system.
• C)Because the heat would denature the botulism exotoxin and inactivate it.The exotoxin is what leads to the disease symptoms,so this would make the food safer.
• D)Because the heat would denature the botulism endotoxin and inactivate it.The endotoxin is what leads to the disease symptoms,so this would make the food safer.

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