Tag: biology

Fruit product order (FPO) is the quality controlling agency that gives the certification mark to all processed fruits and vegetables. It gives an assurance of good quality of food items. It follows the rules of food safety and standards act. Thus, the correct option is C.

Benzopyrene is the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon that is released upon the incomplete combustion of the organic matter. It is found in cigarette smoke, coal tar, smoked and grilled food etc. The consumption of such foods causes toxicity on the blood.

Turmeric can be adulterated by metanil yellow. Metanil yellow is prepared using some basic raw materials like metanilic acid and diphenylamine. Metanil yellow is a principal non-permitted food colour used extensively in India. The effect of long-term consumption of metanil yellow on the developing and adult brain causes neurotoxicity. 

Adulteration is the process of mixing the food products with some unwanted materials which have no nutritional value and decrease the value of the food. It is necessary to prevent adulteration of food in order to provide the people with proper nutrition. The law or act was passed to prevent adulteration of food as The prevention of food adulteration act. This act was enacted in the year 1954. 

A- i) Sweets are contaminated with starch and a dye known as metanil yellow. ii) Honey is contaminated with water and sugar. iii) Sugar is contaminated with sawdust,white powder, etc. iv) Ghee is contaminated with vanaspati. v) "Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954" was enacted by the government of India. The objective of this act was to ensure pure and wholesome food to the consumers and also to prevent fraud or deception .                                                     

In 1968, a mixture of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) got into rice bran oil by accidental leakage at the rice oil producing Kanemi Company on February 7-15 produced in northern Kyushu. Contaminated cooking oil sickened more than 1860 people. The symptoms were called Yusho disease. 

Some plants are characterized by well-developed pulvini, small swelling at the base of the leaves, on the shoots. These leaves are individually attached, flattened and helically arranged. Pulvinus facilitates growth independent movement and is common in members of Fabaceae family.

A) Tridex is the flowering plant that belongs to family Asteraceae.

The onion is an underground stem. It is a stem modification thta gets modified to store food. There is a disc-like a stem which makes up e edible part of the onion. It is called a bulb.

The tendril of sweet pea is a modification of the terminal leaflet of the leaf into a slender wiry and coiled structure that helps in support of the plant.