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Norman Wilfred Desrosier
Former Director of Research, National Biscuit Company, New York City. Author of The Technology of Food Preservation.
Norman Wilfred Desrosier,
R. Paul Singh
Professor of Food Engineering, University of California, Davis. Coauthor of Introduction to Food Engineering.
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food preservation, any of a number of methods by which food is kept from spoilage after harvest or slaughter. Such practices date to prehistoric times. Among the oldest methods of preservation are drying, refrigeration, and fermentation. Modern methods include canning, pasteurization, freezing, irradiation, and the addition of chemicals. Advances in packaging materials have played an important role in modern food preservation. Food spoilage may be defined as any change that renders food unfit for human consumption. These changes may be caused by various factors, including contamination by microorganisms, infestation by insects, or degradation by endogenous enzymes (those present naturally in ...(100 of 8400 words)

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