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Science and the Conservation of Food

Volume : 24
Issue: Oct-oct
Pages: 317 - 318
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Agencies Affecting Foods.There are many agencies.biological,chemical and physical,which may affect foodstuffs,either by spoiling their appearance or rendering them unfit for consumption. Bacteria are most important among the biological factors,but yeasts and moulds.which may either aid or hinder presrvation.have to be considered:and then there are such animal pests as sugar and cheese mites.moths.rats and beetles,all of which may damage the raw material used in food manufacture ,or attack the finished products.

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317 - 318
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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