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ations for microbial destruction are also valid destruction of at least one microbial enzyme
for enzyme inactivation (Dziezak 1991). The necessary to the bacterial metabolism, vege-
main criteria for thermal destruction are: (1) tative cells and spores are inhibited according
all spores and viable cells able to grow and to a first-order reaction rate equation (Baranyi
produce toxins must be eliminated, taking as and Roberts 1995), even though Peleg (2006)
a calculation basis C. botulinum, the most stated that there is evidence bacterial spore
dangerous microorganism from the public inactivation, including C. botulinum spores,
health point of view; (2) spoilage microor- does not follow first-order kinetics. The
ganisms must be reduced to a limit that author states that the exponential inacti-
ensures food quality for a given time. From vation rate depends on the spores’ previous
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