As regards microbial quality, Figure 2 illustrates the evolution of Total Aerobic Bacteria for all meat samples during storage, with the relative fitting curves. The initial TAB for the uncoated meat samples was of 3.79 log cfu/g, thus highlighting the antimicrobial effect of dipping treatment. The graph shows changes between the different meat samples over the 12-days period. In particular, the viable cell concentration of Cnt slowly increased until the 7th day of storage, when the test was stopped due to the sensory unacceptability, without reaching the microbiological limit. On the contrary, the microbial concentration in all the coated samples increased faster and exceeds the above-mentioned limit.