“…Figure 2 summarizes the factors responsible for food spoilage. The inherent or intrinsic factors include the chemical, physical, and biological makeup of the food matrix, i.e., water activity, pH, moisture content, food composition, redox potential (oxidation-reduction), biological structures, and antimicrobial compo-nents [55]. The external or extrinsic factors include a gaseous environment, temperature, the relative humidity, the processing operations, and the presence of other microorganisms [56].…”