Figure 1.

Mesophilic aerobic plate counts (Log CFU/cm²) before and after treatment application on pork loin sections (n = 36 per treatment). In each boxplot, the horizontal line crossing the box represents the median, the bottom and top of the box are the lower and upper quartiles, the vertical top line represents the upper interquartile range, and the vertical bottom line represents the lower interquartile range. Boxes with different letters a,b are significantly different according to Kruskal–Wallis analysis followed by pairwise comparison Wilcoxon’s test at p < 0.05. The points represent the actual data points. Active ingredients: Bovibrom = 1,3-Dibromo-5,5-dimenthylhydantoin; Fit Fresh = chlorine dioxide; Washing Solution = rhamnolipid.