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cumulative lethal value, cumulative sterility value (fo)

12.04.2019

during sterilisation, expressed as exposure time at a reference temperature. The Fo is obtained when the reference temperature Rt is fixed at 121 ºC and the z curve at 10 ºC. This value is applied for olives darkened by oxidation and must be at least 15 units.

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