History of Food Microbiology

When did the Babylonians begin manufacturing beer?

• 3500 BC
• 6000 BC
• 7000 BC
• 1000 BC

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Which civilization is known to have manufactured cheese and butter around 3000 BC?

• Romans
• Greeks
• Egyptians
• Babylonians

What method did Romans use to preserve shrimp around 1000 BC?

• Fermentation
• Low temperature using snow
• Salting
• Drying

What misconception did early civilizations have about living organisms?

• Organisms evolved from each other
• Microorganisms were harmless
• Living things formed spontaneously from nonliving matter
• Food spoilage was a myth

Who introduced canning of vinegar in 1782?

• Pasteur
• R. Chevallier-Appert
• Swedish Chemist
• Grim Wade

What year did tin cans come into wide use in the US?

• 1813
• 1839
• 1840
• 1853

When was the artificial freezing of fish started commercially in the US?

• 1889
• 1865
• 1854
• 1907

Who isolated Lactobacillus bulgaricus?

• Pasteur
• Gaertner
• E. Metchnikoff
• Hammer

What was first commercially used in Europe in 1928 for apple storage?

• Refrigeration
• Canning
• Controlled atmosphere storage
• Drying

Who was the first to observe yeast cells?

• Scheele
• Pasteur
• Leeuwenhoek
• Lister