Table 3. Predicted (P) and observed population (O) of foodborne pathogens at different fat content and accuracy factors (A_f) and bias factors (B_f)

	RH (%)	Time (min)								Verification
			0	1	5	10	15	20	Af	Bf
E1)	60	P	7.10	6.63	6.04	6.04	5.88	5.75	1.191	0.973
		O	7.10 ± 0.112)	6.53 ± 0.15	6.12 ± 0.22	5.98 ± 0.31	5.92 ± 0.47	5.85 ± 0.39
	80	P	7.10	6.50	6.05	5.76	5.56	5.40	1.197	1.052
		O	7.10 ± 0.11	6.41 ± 0.18	6.10 ± 0.14	5.85 ± 0.27	5.48 ± 0.24	5.32 ± 0.30
S	60	P	6.98	6.62	6.12	5.73	5.43	5.17	1.180	1.028
		O	6.98 ± 0.25	6.58 ± 0.31	6.22 ± 0.38	5.65 ± 0.40	5.34 ± 0.42	5.25 ± 0.24
	80	P	6.98	6.62	6.12	5.73	5.42	5.16	1.169	1.086
		O	6.98 ± 0.25	6.55 ± 0.35	6.20 ± 0.17	5.69 ± 0.36	5.31 ± 0.31	5.12 ± 0.58
L	60	P	6.10	5.79	5.40	5.10	4.87	4.68	1.177	1.091
		O	6.10 ± 0.30	5.72 ± 0.25	5.48 ± 0.27	5.04 ± 0.21	4.89 ± 0.51	4.62 ± 0.31
	80	P	6.10	5.76	5.33	5.01	4.76	4.54	1.112	1.081
		O	6.10 ± 0.30	5.79 ± 0.30	5.28 ± 0.45	4.94 ± 0.17	4.72 ± 0.12	4.50 ± 0.18

E, E. coli O157:H7; S, S. Typhimurium; L, L. monocytogenes.
Mean ± standard deviation.