This study was carried out to investigate the effect of addition of perilla leaf(PL) powder and carcass grade on the surface color, residual nitrite and shelf-life of pork sausage. Pork sausage was prepared by four type such as grade B pork sausage(A sausage), grade B pork sausage containing perilla leaf(B sausage), grade I pork sausage(C sausage) and grade I pork sausage containing perilla leaf(D sausage) and the surface color, residual nitrite, pH, volatile basic nitrogen(VBN), thiobarbituric acid reactive substances(TBARS) and total bacterial counts of the samples were determined during storage at 4$^{circ}C$. $L^*$ value of pork sausage showed the highest early stage of storage, pork sausage containing PL was lower than pork sausage without PL. The $a^*$ value of A sausage had the lowest on the storage of 8th week, B sausage had the highest on the storage of 4th week, and the $a^*$ value of C and D sausage were not significantly different during storage. The$a^*$ value of pork sausage containing PL was lower than pork sausage without PL, the $b^*$ value was higher than pork sausage without PL. The residual nitrite of pork sausage containing PL highly decreased until storage for 2 weeks, pork sausage without PL highly decreased until storage for 4 weeks, therefore addition of PL was affected in the reduction of residual nitrite of pork sausage. The pH of A and B sausage decreased until storage at 4 weeks, but increased from 6 weeks. The VBN contents were 6.7~8.4 mg% in the early stage of storage, was 16.1~19.5 mg% on the storage of 8th weeks. The TBARS of pork sausage were increased gradually during storage. Pork sausage containing PL showed lower value than pork sausage non added PL during storage. The total bacterial counts of pork sausage were increased gradually during storage, pork sausage containing PL was lower than that of free PL during storage.