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Fundamental Food Microbiology, Third Edition - Fuad Fathir

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506 FUNDAMENTAL FOOD MICROBIOLOGY<br />

QUESTIONS<br />

1. Discuss the uses of antimicrobial chemicals before and after 1865 A.D., after 1958,<br />

and since the 1980s.<br />

2. Read the labels of ten different foods from at least five food categories and identify<br />

in them the chemicals having antimicrobial action (direct or indirect).<br />

3. Define the terms bacteriostatic, germicidal, bactericidal, fungicidal, sporicidal,<br />

viricidal, and sporostatic. Give one example of a preservative for each.<br />

4. List five characteristics one should consider in selecting a suitable chemical<br />

preservative for a specific food. What is a GRAS-listed preservative?<br />

5. Discuss the antimicrobial properties and any health concern of the following<br />

chemical preservatives, and list two foods (for each) in which they are used: NO 2,<br />

sulfites, bacteriocins, parabens, benzoic acid, lysozyme, natamycin, and lactic<br />

acid.<br />

6. Indicate the mechanism of antimicrobial actions of a bacteriocin, lysozyme, and<br />

EDTA. From the information indicate how, if used together, they can produce a<br />

synergistic antimicrobial effect.

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