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Pasteurization means boiling the milk to kill germs. Do you agree? Give reasons.

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Pasteurization is a food preservation technique, in which the milk is firstly heated to a temperature of 70ºC. Afterwards, the milk is rapidly cooled down to prevent the growth of microbes. Thus, pasteurization is not just boiling the milk to get rid of germs.

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