date:May 16, 2012
h controls are not currently prescribed.
Key parameters
The main factors that affect the growth of microbial growth in composite products are water activity, pH, temperature and duration of storage. Other issues are processing along with the intensity and duration of other non-thermal physical processes applied during manufacture, said the EFSA panel on Biological Hazards.
The experts found that general foods with water activity below 0.88 or pH below 3.7 or those stored frozen do not permit