In the only study mentioning a relation between chilling treatment
and conformation, by Jones, Tong, and Murray (1987), boneless pork
loins and whole hams were subjectively assessed for muscle color and
structure; the effects of chilling were found to be similar for carcasses
of different weight and depth of subcutaneous fat. In order to verify
those findings, the aim of this study was to determine the effects of
blast chilling on the physiochemical and sensory properties of pork,