Extrinsic factors of food spoilage are the non-substrate factors that affect the spoilage of foods and food products and which are not innately found in the foods. These factors are the environmental factors that are implicated in food spoilage occurrences. They are different from the intrinsic factors that cause food spoilage. The extrinsic factors are […]
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Food Microbiology
Intrinsic factors of food spoilage are those inherent factors that are associated with the food and which in several ways affect the overall physical and chemical composition of the food. Intrinsic factors are food related factors; and they are generally referred to as the physico-chemical properties of food. The composition of a particular food is
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Food Microbiology
What is food spoilage? Food spoilage is simply defined as the change in the overall appearance, taste and smell of a particular food or food products due to microbial activities. Food as earlier said in our previous posts contains nutrients that also support the growth of microbes especially those that are notorious in causing food
