Abstract
Changes in the lipids of minced chicken breast muscle (pectoral proper and supra coracoid) and leg muscle (those covering the femur, fibula and tibia) due to autolysis during storage for up to 8 d at 1° C were very slight, resulting in liberation of < 1 per cent of the combined fatty acids: growth of pigmented Pseudomonas or Pseudomonas putrefaciens to counts exceeding 108 organisms/g failed to increase them.