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Pasteurization and Sterilization

Pasteurization and Sterilization

Q Required Resources • Complete the Week Prelab Activity (Connect) Instructions Welcome to the (online) lab page. You should have already completed the Lab Safety virtual lab simulation on Labster. Here is where you will upload your completed lab document. Grading This activity will be graded using the rubric in the lab document. Course Outcomes (CO): 8 Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday Lab 4: Pasteurization and Sterilization Learning Outcomes • Explain the concept of food spoilage and shelf life. • Explain the principle of pasteurization and sterilization. • Analyze the parameters of High-Temperature-Time-Treatment (HTST) pasteurization. • Perform canning as a method of sterilization. • Identify how plastic and metal can be used as materials for packaging. Introduction: Experiment with pasteurization and sterilization Virtual Simulation Lab In the Pasteurization and Sterilization lab, you will help Adam, an organic farmer, to increase the shelf life of his peach juice. Together with Marie, a food scientist, you will learn the basics of food spoilage and shelf life by performing a series of spoilage detection experiments. Later, you will explore two types of heat treatment, pasteurization and sterilization, to eliminate the food spoilage in the peach juice. Finally, you will employ your knowledge to determine which type of packaging and heat treatment is suitable for Adam’s peach juice. Will you be able to eliminate spoilage in Adam’s peach juice? Questions: 1. Purpose: Why is food safety important?

Q 2. What practices would you recommend to keep food safe at home? 3. What would you recommend for storage of milk at home? 4. What is the difference between pasteurization and sterilization?

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1.It is very important to apply food safety when handling food. The reason this is so important is to prevent a foodborne illnesses from occurring. These possible foodborne illness aren’t healthy to people and can really cause someone to get sick. 2. There a number of practices that I would recommend to keep food safe at home. First I recommend to clean all raw foods to wash off any microorganisms that may be harmful. The next thing I recommend is to store food the proper and recommended way of storage. For example, if the food is supposed to be refrigerated then make sure to put it inside of the refrigerator. If it is supposed to be stored at room temperature, make sure it is stored in your kitchen pantry or cabinet. Another recommendation is to cook foods that are possible to be cooked. Heat kills any harmful microbes so this step is another step of food safety.