Table 3

Day 1	Retail display	marbling	color	Injection stripes	Visual Discoloration	Off odours	Odour unacceptability
CON	3.93^a	2.38	3.91	3.09^a	1.01	1.23	2.13^a
SF	4.02^a	2.91	3.45	3.25^a	1.02	1.13	1.48^a
DHA	3.80^a	2.43	3.57	3.05^a	1.02	1.18	1.80^a
SEM	0.834	0.049	0.162	0.867	0.909	0.364	0.404
Day 3
CON	2.57^b	2.55	3.80	4.54^b	1.07	1.25	2.09^a
SF	2.57^b	3.02	3.52	4.28^b	1.04	1.34	2.46^b
DHA	2.48^b	2.69	3.52	4.23^b	1.21	1.23	2.30^b
SEM	0.926	0.149	0.311	0.676	0.287	0.359	0.677

^abcMeans with column with unique superscript differ significantly (P>0.05).
SEM; standard error of means within column.
Retail display (8=extremely desirable to 1=extremely undesirable).
Marbling (6=abundant to 1=devoid).
Color (6=dark purple to 1=white).
Injection stripes (7=100% to 1=none).
Visual Spoilage (7=brown to 1=none).
Off odours (4=prevalent to 1=none).
Odour acceptability (5=unacceptable to 1=acceptable).

Table 3: Panellist assessment of raw loin chops forretail display, visual marbling, color, striping, and odours, at 1 day and 3 days between injection treatments.