National regulations that limit the sale of meat to within 5 days of packaging should be changed. Under optimal conditions, meat kept at 40 degree F will not spoil for 16 days. If the regulations were changed, prices for meat would drop due to increased shelf life and reduced waste, but the safety of the food suply would not be compromised.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion drawn above?
A. Most consumers keep meat for up to a week before eating it.
B. 7 of 10 shopkeepers favor extending the limitation on meat to 9 days.
C. Approximately 65% of the meat display cases nationally maintain tempratures between 47 and 54 F.
D. Approximately half the meat stored for 25 days is still safe to consume.
E. Meat packaging operations are more efficient when they can make, larger deliveries than when they must make more frequent, smaller deliveries.
Ans: C, Please give an explanation as to why C should be the answer.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion drawn above?
A. Most consumers keep meat for up to a week before eating it.
B. 7 of 10 shopkeepers favor extending the limitation on meat to 9 days.
C. Approximately 65% of the meat display cases nationally maintain tempratures between 47 and 54 F.
D. Approximately half the meat stored for 25 days is still safe to consume.
E. Meat packaging operations are more efficient when they can make, larger deliveries than when they must make more frequent, smaller deliveries.
Ans: C, Please give an explanation as to why C should be the answer.
