PRESSURE ASSISTED THERMAL STERILISATION OR PASTEURISATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

The invention relates to a method suitable for pasteurisation or sterilisation of articles, and apparatus suitable for carrying out the method. The method includes heating the article and/or a related medium within a confined volume sufficiently that expansion of the article and/or the medium subjects the article to a pressure sufficient (in combination with the temperature) to result in pasteurisation or sterilisation of the article.