Table 10.

Predicted log₁₀ increase and log₁₀ difference of Listeria monocytogenes and Aeromonas hydrophila on fresh fishery products when transported/stored in tubs or boxes based on the observed time/Temperature profile in experiment 1 of the ‘Qualitubfish’ project (Bekaert et al., 2016a)

Pathogen	Time (day)	Box		Tub			Differencea
		Middle fish	Middle fish	Bottom fish	Middle fish	Top fish	Range (min–max)
L. monocytogenes	Not transported
	2	0.10	–	0.21	0.10	0.21	0 to 0.11
	3	0.15	–	0.35	0.17	0.37	0.02 to 0.22
	5	0.23	–	0.62	0.34	0.71	0.11 to 0.48
	Transported
	2	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.21	0.20	−0.01 to 0.09
	3	0.17	0.17	0.21	0.33	0.31	0.04 to 0.16
	5	0.28	0.28	0.40	0.53	0.51	0.12 to 0.25
A. hydrophila	Not transported
	2	0.047	–	0.0098	0.0006	0.02	−0.046 to −0.027
	3	0.047	–	0.046	0.0006	0.11	−0.046 to 0.065
	5	0.047	–	0.102	0.0006	0.30	−0.046 to 0.248
	Transported
	2	0.006	0.0059	0.00066	0.053	0.0312	−0.005 to 0.047
	3	0.006	0.0059	0.00066	0.082	0.0385	−0.005 to 0.076
	5	0.006	0.0059	0.00066	0.082	0.0392	−0.005 to 0.076

^aA positive value indicates a greater growth potential (log₁₀ increase) in tubs compared to boxes, while the opposite is true for the negative values. The range represents the minimum and maximum difference considering any combination between the log₁₀ increase in tubs and boxes.