development increased
for all treatments as storage time increased, which was indicative of deterioration of the meat (Table 6). All treatments on days 0 and 1 were rated similar (P N 0.05)with no detectable off odor. Off odor scores increased (P b 0.05) from none detected (days 0 through 1) to moderately strong on day 9 for PVC treatments and perceptible on days 21 and 25 for all VP treatments. MAP treatments had no detectable off odor on days 0 through 3, and 9–14. Off odor in MAP treatments was detectable on days 7 (barely perceptible), 21 (perceptible for 10 and 30% fat) and 25 (perceptible for 10% fat and barely perceptible for 20 and 30 % fat). The fact that panelists scored MAP treatments barely perceptible on day 7 and none on the proceeding 9 and 14 days was attributed primarily to variability between samples