Q. Heating milk at $65{^\circ}C$ followed by sudden cooling is known as

A) Sterilization
B) Preservation
C) Pasteurization
D) Fermentation
Explanation

Pasteurization is a method of partial sterilization which involves heating of milk at $65{^\circ}C$ for 30 min or at $72{^\circ}C$ for atleast 15sec followed by rapid cooling or at $132{^\circ}C$ for at least 1sec. This technique is widely used to kill all pathogenic bacteria in food without achieving complete sterility

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