Answer:
The correct answer is a. discard the food.
Explanation:
If there is a doubt about the safety of a food product it should not be consumed and discarded immediately because the food could be spoiled and consumption of spoiled food can cause food borne disease. Food spoils when any microbe grows in the food in an uncontrolled way and induces alteration in its taste, appearance, smell, and nutritional quantity.
Further explanation:
Food contains high amount of nutrient contents in the form of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and vitamins that make a food vulnerable to different groups of bacteria.
Food already has its own microflora and when the amount of these microbes or other microbes increases in the food, it cause spoilage which can be confirmed by a change in appearance, smell, and taste of the food.
A spoiled food item can contain a high amount of pathogenic microbes like Pseudomonas, E.coli, Clostridium, Staphylococcus which can cause food borne infection or food borne intoxication in human beings when consumed.
Food items that have high moisture content like meat and milk products can easily be spoiled by bacteria, therefore, they should be consumed when they are fresh and if there is any doubt about the safety of any food they the food should be discarded to avoid food illness.
Learn more:
1. Four basic food safety principles https://brainly.com/question/934835 (answered by Taskmaster).
2. How to avoid food spoilage https://brainly.com/question/3799607 (answered by Itemderby).
Keywords:
Pseudomonas, E.coli, Clostridium, Staphylococcus, foodborne infection, foodborne intoxication, food spoilage.
