DESCRIZIONE
Food such as meat products should be safe to the consumers and therefore the growth of pathogenic bacteria within or at such food products should be limited or avoided. The invention relates to a method and a system for decontamination the surface of food items such as meat pieces, such a method can comprise the steps of: Obtaining at least one food item and/or at least one meat piece to be surface decontaminated, microwave treating the food item and/or the meat piece with microwaves in the range of 0.5-18 GHz such as 4-18 GHz, wherein the microwave treating is performed on at least one food item and/or meat piece which is packed in a packaging material, and/or the food item and/or meat piece pivot during microwave treating at least along two circular paths.