in which the elapsed timewas 6 min
after the start of PEF treatment and the number of colony forming
units (CFUs) was sufficiently stable. In Fig. 8, the horizontal axis
indicates the holding time in the postholding unit. Postholding at a
relatively high temperature of 70 C for 10e60 s followed PEF
treatment at 50 C (Fig. 8(a))