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12.04.2019

Cumulative lethal rate during heat processes performed at temperatures below 100 ºC. A value of at least 15 units must be reached. Propionic bacteria are considered the reference micro–organisms for table olives, for which the equation of the thermal death time is defined by a reference temperature equal to 62.4 ºC and a z curve of 5.25.

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