Table 3.
Escherichia coli cell loads, expressed as cfu/fruit, recorded for each analyzed fruit (in total 20 for each run) packed in corrugated cardboard boxes.
| Run | T (°C) | Time (h) | Lesions (n) | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 29 | 1 | –* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | 9 | 58 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | 9 | 29 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | 9 | 58 | 3 | – | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | 19 | 29 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | 19 | 58 | 1 | – | 30 | – | – | – | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | 19 | 29 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 90 | 30 | – | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | 19 | 58 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | 14 | 43.5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | 14 | 43.5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | 14 | 14.5 | 2 | – | – | – | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | – | – | – | 30 | – | – |
| 12 | 14 | 72.5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 270 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 570 | 60 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | 14 | 43.5 | 0 | 60 | 30 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | 14 | 43.5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | 4 | 43.5 | 2 | – | 1920 | 480 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | 24 | 43.5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | 14 | 43.5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | 19 | 58 | 0 | 300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1440 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | 9 | 58 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | 9 | 29 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | – |
*
Under the detection limit (30 cfu/fruit).