The present invention pertains to a use of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) for at least one of preserving the quality of meat obtained from farmed animals, preventing the apparition of the defaults in meat, limiting, stopping the development of defaults in meat, said defaults being linked to myopathy, with farmed animals, and preparing a feed additive or a premix in order to preserve the quality of meat obtained from farmed animals and/or in order to at least one of preventing the apparition of the defaults in meat, limiting and stopping the development of defaults in meat, said defaults being linked to myopathy, with farmed animals. It also relates to feed additive, a feed and a premix comprising PQQ.
