Question

Pasteurization makes food stuffs free from

• A. Vegetative forms of all pathogenic microbes
• B. All forms of bacteria
• C. Few bacteria only
• D. Both A and B

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both A and B

Pasteurization is a heat treatment applied to foods to make it contamination free. Pasteurization inactivates most viable vegetative forms of microorganisms and kills almost all the microbes present in the food. In this process, food is heated to 72${}^0$C for 15 seconds.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.