“…However, it is important to note that these reviews were written at a time when the idea of using PDI had been floated for the first time. Since then, attempts to use PDI in food have gained popularity, with several papers dedicated to understanding the effect of PDI specifically on foodborne microorganisms, the factors affecting such inactivation, the mechanism of the inactivation and the efficacy of PDI in food matrices (Ghate et al., , , ; Ghate, Kumar, Zhou, & Yuk, 2016b; Josewin, Ghate, Kim, & Yuk, ; Kim & Yuk, ; Kim et al., ; Kim, Bang, & Yuk, ; Kim, Mikš‐Krajnik, Kumar, Ghate, & Yuk, ; Kumar et al., , ; Li, Kim, Bang, & Yuk, ). The current review aims to analyze these works in detail.…”