As expected, theses results point out that the samples with an amount of only 50 ppm nitrite in combination with other hurdles (aw = 0.950 +- 0.002, Fvalue = 80 +- 1 _C, tvalue = >3 _C but 610 _C) underwent a reduction (p < 0.05) in their initial microbial loads in comparison with the control (Table 2).