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Common salt is used to preserve fish and meat.

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Q. Name the salt which is used as preservative in pickles, and in curing meat and fish.

Q. Two of the most commonly used salts are sodium chloride (NaCI) and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃). Find out which of these is used (i) as baking powder, (ii) as a preservative in pickles and in preserving meat and fish and also think of the respective reasons for doing so.

why is salt used to preserve meat and fish?

Q. Mark the correct statement.

(A) Common salt has been used to preserve meat and fish for ages.
(B) Meat and fish are covered with dry salt to check the growth of bacteria.
(C) Salting is also used to preserve amla, raw mangoes, tamarind, etc.

Assertion — Salting is used for preserving meat and fish by common salt.
Reason — It does not allow the growth of bacteria.

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