This set of Food Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Food Packaging and Labelling”.
1. In the history of packaging of the food industry, which among these was never a material of packaging?
a) Bakelite
b) Pottery and vases
c) Iron and tin plated steel
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Bakelite, Pottery and vases and Iron and tin plated steel, all have been used in packaging.
2. Which of the given reasons, is NOT a valid reason for packaging of food items?
a) Security and portion control
b) Marketing and convenience
c) Protection and information transmission
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Security, Portion control, Marketing, Convenience, Protection and Information transmission are all valid reasons for packaging.
3. Statement 1: Secondary packaging is outside the primary packaging, so as to group the primarily packed objects.
Statement 2: Packaging can be arbitrarily classified into Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Packaging.
a) True, False
b) True, True
c) False, False
d) False, True
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Explanation: Both the statements are correct.
4. Which of the following is incorrect?
a) Packages designed for uniform shipping cannot be loaded into mixed shipping
b) Waste prevention is the most sought after option and disposal, the least sought after
c) Shrink wraps is one of the forms of packing used
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: All the statements given are true.
5. Which of the following is a must in food labeling?
a) Name
b) Standard Specification
c) Place of Origin
d) All of the mentioned
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Explanation: All the mentioned are requisites on a food label.
6. Statement 1: ‘Use by’ date is mentioned for perishable items and ‘Best before’ date is used to indicate when the item starts decaying/getting spoilt.
Statement 2: Instruction of use need not be necessary unless it is not obvious how to be used.
a) True, False
b) True, True
c) False, False
d) False, True
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Explanation: Both the statements are true.
7. Which of the following need not be in the same vision of field?
a) Product name
b) Quantity
c) Date mark
d) Place of Origin
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Explanation: Place of origin need not be written with the other three titles.
8. It is legal for a label to say – ‘this product cures xyz disease’.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: It is prohibited for a label to read ‘this product cures xyz disease’.
9. Food Authenticity means _____
a) The food should match the description
b) The food should taste good
c) It should be cheap
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Food Authenticity means the food should match the description on the labels.
10. Which of the following is a form of mis-description?
a) Incorrect Origin
b) Incorrect Quantitative Description
c) Extending the food
d) All of the mentioned
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Explanation: Incorrect Origin, Incorrect Quantitative Description and Extending the food are all forms of mis-description.
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