TABLE 5.

Assessment of the ability of recommended treatments for REPFEDs to give a 6D reduction in the probability of growth from spores of nonproteolytic C. botulinum^a

Organization (reference)	Recommended heat treatment		6D reduction by heat treatment alone with lysozyme:		6D process by heat treatment and subsequent storage at the following temp (°C) for 42 days:
					8		12
	°C	min	Absent	Presentb	Lysozyme absent	Lysozyme presentb	Lysozyme absent	Lysozyme presentb
ACMSF (1)	70	1,675	No	No	No	No	No	No
	75	464	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
	80	129	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
	85	36	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	90	10	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
ECFF (9)	80	270	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	85	52	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	90	10	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

^aResults are from this study and reference 10. 

^bLysozyme was present at 2,400 U/ml prior to heating.