1 Accepted Manuscript 1 Effect of heat treatment and packaging technology on the microbial load of 2 lightly processed seafood. 3 Nanna Abel a* , Dr. Bjørn Tore Rotabakk b , Dr. Jørgen Lerfall a 4 5 To appear in LWT 6 Received Date: 7 June 2018 7 Accepted Date: 6 November 2018 8 9 Please cite this article as: 10 Nanna Abel, Bjørn Tore Rotabakk, Jørgen Lerfall, Effect of heat treatment and packaging technology on the 11 microbial load of lightly processed seafood, LWT, Volume 101, 2019, Pages 123-129, 12 ISSN 0023-6438, 13 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2018.11.025. 14 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0023643818309769) 15 16 17 18 19 20 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to 21 our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo 22 copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. 23 Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the 24 content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. 25