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Sometimes it's hard to tell when you're buying eggs in the grocery store, exactly which of the words on the package are meaningful and which are not. Select two of the following words commonly seen on cartons of eggs and describe what they tell the consumer about the product (if anything). You will need to do some online research to answer this question so don't forget to cite your sources. 2 pts each 6. o Cage free or Free-range o Hormone free or Antibiotic free o Natural or All natural o Omega 3 o Pasteurized o United Egg Producers certified o USDA-certified organic

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USDA certified organic:

USDA is unites states department of agriculture. USDA certifies a food on the basis of its components. An organic food contains 95% or more organic. That means it has less than 5% synthetic additives like pestisides, herbisides, dyes, colouring agent, fertilizers etc. During the processing and transportation of such food materials, no solvent is used also. USDA recognises four types of organic products as foods:

1. Crops, 2. Livestock, 3. Processed products, 4. Wild crops

Egg is a livestock organic product.

Sources: USDA website

Pasteurized:

Pasteurization is a process by which microbes (mainly bacteria) in food staffs are killed and the foods are made bacteria free for sale.This is a very important process in food industry for food protection and food safety. If a food is labelled as 'pasteurized', it means it is free from microbes. The process was invented by Frech chemist, Louis Pasteur. The process is basically a heat treatment process.

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