While spores of P-cpe strains are readily inactivated by heat
processing, post-processing contamination by food handlerswhomay carry P-cpe strains that have a better growth
potential at lower temperatures must be avoided. The varying responses of C. perfringens spores to heat and the
differences in outgrowth capacity at different temperatures are factors to be considered in strain selection for
challenge tests, and for predictive modelling of C. perfringens