Although cooking was the most common method used to avoid enzymatic deterioration during frozen storage, the extent of lipid oxidation in cooked meat appeared to be related to the intensity of heat treatment.
In a survey of malonaldehyde (MA) content of retail meats and fish (Siu & Draper, 1978), it was reported that 38% of all fresh meats samples tested had MA contents less than 1 lg/g where as 60% of the cooked products were in the range 1–6 lg/g.