Health Education Paper 3 May/June 2015

Question 7

7.   (a)        Explain the term food preservation                             [3 marks]

      (b)        Mention three effects of poor food hygiene                [3 marks ]:

      (c)        List four food items that can be preserved by canning [4 marks]

Observation

This question was attempted by many candidates and their performance was good.  In part (a) candidates correctly explained the term food preservation.  In part (b) candidates also mentioned effects of poor food hygiene.  In part (c) candidates correctly listed food items that can be preserved by canning.

The expected answers are as follows:

 

7 (a)     FOOD PRESERVATION

It’s a method of keeping food items/substances to prevent their spoilage/decay for present future
use.

(b)     EFFECTS OF POOR FOOD HYGIENE

  • spoil/wastes of food
  • contamination/food poison
  • diseases
  • death
  •                          
    (c)     FOOD ITEMS PRESERVED BY CANNING    

  • corned beef
  • fish/sardine/geisha
  • tomatoes
  • butter/margarine
  • baked beans/sweet corn
  • vegetable oil
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