Question

a) What is food spoilage? (1 mark)
b) How do you identify spoiled food? (2 marks)
c) Name any 2 methods to prevent food spoilage. (2 marks)

Answer 1

Answers:

a) Process of decay of food items which makes it unfit to eat is called food spoilage. (1 mark)

b) Some ways of identifying spoilt food are:

1. Colour (0.5 marks)
2. Smell (0.5 marks)
3. Taste . (0.5 marks)
4. Texture (0.5 marks)

c) Some of the methods of preserving foods are:

1. Boiling kills germs and helps in preservation. (1 mark)
2. Freezing stops the growth of germs and helps in preservation. (1 mark)