As the time between harvest and testing had a borderline significant effect on the APC of the harvest samples, we attempted to “normalize” for this effect in the reduced P model by assuming (i) all harvest samples used in the reduced P model had a time from harvest until testing of 36.75 h (i.e., the median time from harvest until testing) and (ii) each additional hour between harvest until testing increased APC by 0.01 log 10 CFU/g (based on the H model).
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A longitudinal study on the bacterial quality of baby spinach cultivated in Arizona and California.
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