Multiple choice If one wants to keep food fresh for a few months, what should one do? Food should be heated to keep it warm and safe. Food should be refrigerated at about 5 degree centigrade. Food can be preserved in a deep freezer at a temperature below -18 degee centigarde. We cannot stop growth of microbes hence we cannot preserve the food. Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself C Correct answer Explanation Yes, this is the correct answer. Microbes growth is stopped on extreme cooling and hence food can be preserved.