“…It fitted the data well, was easy to program and the statistical properties of the estimates were favourable. The Gompertz equation was used to describe the growth of Salmonella in several media (Bratchell, Gibson, Truman, Kelly, & Roberts, 1989;Broughall & Brown, 1984;Gibson et al, 1988;Mackey & Kerridge, 1988;Mackey, Roberts, Mansfield, & Farkas, 1980). Secondary models describe the dependence of the parameters of the primary model on specified environmental conditions, for example, temperature, pH, water activity, atmosphere composition, naturally occurring organic acids or added preservatives.…”