off-flavors in vacuum-packaged meat products (Dempsters et al.,
1985; Formanek et al., 2003).
The color, aroma and taste scores of all dry fermented sausages
gradually decreased with storage. In samples irradiated at 0 and
0.5 kGy, color and aroma scores at Day 90 of storage were
significantly lower than those at Day 3 (po0.05); however, no
significant changes in the color, aroma, rancid flavor and taste
score for samples irradiated at 2 and 4 kGy were observed