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- Define sterilization.You are given reference temperature 121 °C, Z value 10 °C, F0 15 min for killing Clostridium botulinum in commercial sterilization. Calculate F value when sterilized at 131 °C in canning processing.What will pose an ethical issue in these procedures are performed - sterilization?