“…Color stability of meat products under retail conditions is affected by factors such as product pH, addition of salt, packaging material, storage temperature and exposure to light (Bertelsen and Skibsted, 1987;Andersen et al, 1989;Torres et al, 1988;Chen et al, 1989;Andersen et al, 1990). Many such factors are the same as those which have been found to determine oxidative stability of lipids and, thereby, taste and odor of meat products (Lea, 1931;Lentz, 1971;Satterlee and Hansmeyer, 1974;Chan et al, 1977;Whang et al, 1986). The color change in meat from attractive bright red to unacceptable brown hues occurring during processing and storage is primarily due to formation of the oxidized pigment metmyoglobin from oxymyoglobin (Walters, 1974).…”