In
Spain the most common chilling treatment used in commercial abattoirs
is transferring the lamb carcasses to a chamber at 0–2 °C air temperature,
immediately after carcass processing operations.Whilst the chilling process
applied meets regulatory requirements in terms of hygienic conditions,
commercial abattoirs devote less interest to the effects that
chilling treatment can have on carcass and meat quality. However, several
studies have been carried out on the improvement of lamb carcass and
meat quality by applying different air temperature ranges