Which of the Following Statements Is False

Which of the following statements is false?

A) Marbling in muscle appears as little white streaks or drops.
B) The animal's age, diet, and species affect the texture of fat.
C) Fat is white in younger animals and turns progressively more yellow in color as the animals age due to the presence of carotenoid pigments in the feed.
D) Feeding-lot practices that provide swine with fats that are primarily saturated will yield pork fat that is more saturated and hard as compared to feeding with more polyunsaturated fats that will make the swines' fat softer.
E) Lamb fat is very different from the hard, more brittle, and dense fat observed in beef.

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