pasteurization
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- n partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food
- He showed that food spoils because of microorganisms and invented pasteurization, which was originally used to prevent wine and beer from souring.
- Brewing the blond and foamy lager of his native land and seizing on the science of pasteurization, Busch "brought bottled beer to the masses," in the words of biographers Peter .
- The available evidence suggests that without a bug-killing step like pasteurization, even the cleanest dairy with the healthiest cows cannot always expect to produce safe milk.