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Cooking food helps in killing the microorganisms present in it.

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The correct option is A
True

Cooking is an important way of making food contaminant-free. Cooking food kills the microbes present on the surface or in it as they cannot survive very high temperature. Besides that, cooking improves the taste of food and makes it easy for digestion.

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