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The bacteria in frozen food die. This is because bacteria need food, water, and a warm temperature in order to survive.
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∙ 11y agoDepends mostly on the temperature. Some bacteria can still survive while some would die.
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What happens to most food poisoning bacteria when frozen?
Nothing. They just wait to be thawed to become active again.
Which one has more bacteria frozen meat or cooked meat?
frozen meat has more bacteria as it is in the freezer with lots of other food
What happens to the growth rate of bacteria when you freeze them?
Freezing bacterial cultures slows the death rate of the bacteria. When bacteria is frozen it goes into a sleep state and does not grow or multiply.
What happens to most of the bacteria that swallow with your food?
Stomach acid also kills most bacteria that you might swallow with you food.
What happens to bacteria when you dry them out?
It takes the moisture out of the food or air therefor killing most bacteria!
Why does foods happen?
Food spoilage happens when bacteria in the food is allowed to grow. The food heats up to room temperature or hotter and the bacteria grow allowing it to spoil.
Does the bacteria in frozen yogurt die?
No it doesn't to kill bacteria in frozen yogurt you would somehow disintegrate the bacteria which is impossible at this moment.
If a food spoiled and then was placed in the freezer would it kill bacteria?
Freezing doesn't necessarily kill bacteria. It stops them from multiplying, but they can revive when the food is thawed. And the toxins they produced before being frozen will still be there.
What happens to bacteria at 63 degrees?
Bacteria in food reaching a temperature of no more than 63c is very dangerous. Bacteria thrive at this temperature. Food is in what can be referred to as a 'high risk or danger zones'. Food should not be consumed and should be destroyed.
What happens when you take food outside?
Bacteria and germs have an opportunity to settle on the left out food. They will try and invade the food and this causes rotting.
What happens to all bacteria in frozen food?
It depends on how quickly the food goes from room temp to frozen. If freezing occurs slowly, like when you put something into a normal household freezer, ice crystals are able to form in the cells and many (most) bacteria die. Some however, survive and are basically dormant (in microbiology the definition of "death" is that all cells are killed and cannot grow back). Refrigeration and freezing therefor are considered bacteriostatic, not bacteriocidal. When you remove the food item from the freezer it is not sterile, since some cells survive. Of course, you know this intuitively, because if you leave it out, it will "go bad". That is the bacteria recolonizing the tissues. If you are able to rapidly freeze cells (as is done in biology labs, with a ethanol slurry), water crystals do not have time to form. This is how cells are prepared to be stored in deep freeze and can be kept this way for long periods of time.
What happens when bacteria transfer from one food to another?
Depending upon the type of bacteria, the food it has been transferred to and the conditions, the bacteria could start to multiply. If they are spoilage organisms, they will make the food spoil faster. If they are pathogens, they could make someone sick when the food is consumed.
