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Our foodstuffs become unfit for human consumption more quickly in summer than in winter. Why?

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Foodstuff becomes unfit for human consumption more quickly in summer than winter because in summers bacteria and fungi are more likely to infect the food as they get the optimum temperature to grow but in winters growth is inhibited due to very less temperature.

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Short / Long answer type questions.Our foodstuffs become unfit for human consumption more quickly in summer than in winter. Why?

Foodstuff becomes unfit for human consumption more quickly in summer than winter because in summers bacteria and fungi are more likely to infect the food as they get the optimum temperature to grow but in winters growth is inhibited due to very less temperature.

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Our foodstuffs become unfit for human consumption more quickly in summer than in winter. Why?