Following the methodology described previously[4], a fragment of chicken breast meat was weighed (93.19 to 99.71 g) and used in the drip loss assay. Next, the fragment was placed in a nylon-poly bag, which in turn was placed in a polythene plastic packaging labelled with the animal number. Samples were stored in a refrigerator for 48 h at 4ºC to 8ºC.