“…The LL was randomly selected from carcases of different consignments of unknown origins and therefore unknown backgrounds, age, gender and diet, to represent the various animals typically processed by the abattoir, in order to obtain a spread in IMF levels and different FA compositions. The same carcases were used in the studies of Fowler, Schmidt, van de Ven, Wynn, and Hopkins (2014b) and Fowler, Schmidt, van de Ven, Wynn, and Hopkins (2014a). Sample weights of three LL portions were too small to provide adequate sample for the FA reference analysis, thus these samples were not further considered.…”