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Pasteurisation is used for preserving ................

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Answer: milk.

Pasteurisation of milk is the process of heating milk to a temperature of $60^{0} C$ for a period of about thirty minutes, followed by quick chilling. It is a method of partial sterilisationof milk that kills most microbes.

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