Verification of slaughter process can be carried out by examining carcasses at the end of the slaughter line or after chilling (Bolton, Doherty, & Sheridan, 2001; Lenahan, O’Brien, Kinsella, Sweeney, & Sheridan, 2010).
Therefore, the data used in the present study was those collected after carcass chilling. Control charts and process capability
analysis were done for each microbiological parameter studied before and after process automation.