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for phage activity (Greer 2005; Hudson et al.
2005). Since phage attack on bacteria initi- High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) treatment
ates upon contact, the probability of this involves placing packaged meat in a pressure
encounter increases if populations of both vessel and applying isostatic water pressure
counterparts are large. If spoilage bacterial of 100 to 900 MPa. HHP processing is
numbers are low on a product due to the considered nonthermal, since temperatures
effectiveness of other control measures, then increase only 3°C for every 100 MPa applied
phage treatment may not be valuable. (Aymerich et al. 2008). Equipment for HHP
However, in the case of refrigerated meat is commercially available, including manu-
spoilage, where generally large population facturers Avure Technologies (United States)
numbers are present, phage technology may and Nicolas Correa Hyperbaric (Spain). HHP