Among many methods for food decontamination, high hopes are associated with nonthermal, low-pressure plasma technology. This study aimed to estimate the survival rate of Escherichia coli, Salmonella Senftenberg W775 and Enterococcus faecalis exposed to the action of plasma for the time from 0 to 800 s. As carriers there were used the laurel leaves. An analogous experiment was performed with the use of UV-C radiation. The results show that the plasma technology is more effective in bacteria reduction than ultraviolet radiation. The cells of E. coli, were the most susceptible to the action of nonthermal plasma and their numbers after 800s decreased by 7 log, after the same time the amount of enterococci decreased by about 6 log. Salmonella cells were characterized by a very high resistance to low-pressure plasma. Results of this study show that the plasma technology should be used for a longer time and in a higher dose to guarantee the full decontamination of food