No significant (p > 0.05) difference was found between the
packing systems for the sensory attributes evaluated in
lamb paˆte´; however, over the storage period, the sensory
scores gradually decreased and then remained similar for up
to 60 days (Table 4). The decline in appearance, flavour,
texture and overall acceptance during storage has previously
been reported in goat meat nuggets by Das et al. (2008), who
attributed the gradual decline of flavour to an expected loss
of volatile compounds.
According to Labuza and Schimdl (1988), in sensory
evaluations, the end of the shelf life should be established
when occurs a decrease of 1.5 points ofthe attributes evaluated
in hedonic scale. This effect occurred in the parameters overall
impression (P1: 1.5 and P2: 1.6) and texture (P1: 1.6 and P2: 1.7)