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Cooking food adequately to kill microbes will prevent all food-borne illness.

a. True
b. False

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Answer:

A. True

Step-by-step explanation:

Cooking, not just heating up, but adequately cooking will help to kill a lot of microorganisms present in food. The majority of the microbes present in our food are mesophilic organisms, this means they grow best in temperatures between 68 and 113 °F, not too hot and not too cold. The only way to ensure these microorganisms are killed and prevent food-borne illness is to apply the correct amount of heat, more than 120 °F.

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