What is the safest behavior regarding food adulteration?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Buying food from reliable sources and checking quality
Food adulteration means that an inferior, harmful, or unauthorized substance may be added to food or a valuable component may be removed. The safest practice is to buy from reliable sellers, inspect packaging, check the label, seal, expiry date, and quality marks, and avoid suspicious products. Therefore option A is correct.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
Buying food from reliable sources and checking quality
Why is this the correct answer?
Food adulteration means that an inferior, harmful, or unauthorized substance may be added to food or a valuable component may be removed. The safest practice is to buy from reliable sellers, inspect packaging, check the label, seal, expiry date, and quality marks, and avoid suspicious products. Therefore option A is correct.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 12 Home Science question. Chapter: Food Quality and Food Safety. Topic: Food safety: toxicity and hazard.
