FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION
REFRIGERATION AND FREEZING
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the food has been hard frozen
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the food could have been totally thawed then refrozen
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It could have had pests
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it might not be clean
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thawed fruit and fruit juice concentrates can be refrozen if they taste and smell good. Since thawed fruits suffer in appearance, flavor and texture from refreezing, you may want to make them into jam instead. You can safely refreeze breads, cookies and similar bakery items.
Detailed explanation-2: -Frozen foods should be received frozen solid. Food products or packaging with fluids, water stains, or ice crystals should be rejected. Big ice crystals on frozen foods or packaging indicate something has thawed and been refrozen.
Detailed explanation-3: -Information. If raw or cooked food is thawed in the refrigerator, it is safe to refreeze it without cooking or heating, although there may be a loss of quality due to the moisture lost through thawing. After cooking raw foods that were previously frozen, it is safe to freeze the cooked foods.