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how does salt prevent fish from decaying?
Asked by Anagha | 09 Sep, 2015, 10:15: PM
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Hi Anagha,
Salt is used as a preservative because, it has the ability to draw out water from the cells by the process of osmosis; As a result of this the fish becomes dry and the environment becomes unfavourable for the growth of harmful microorganisms, thus preventing it from decay.
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