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title: "21 CFR §181.33"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-181.33"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "3"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "B"

subchapter_subject: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (CONTINUED)"

part_code: "181"

part_subject: "PRIOR-SANCTIONED FOOD INGREDIENTS"

subpart_code: "B"

subpart_subject: "Specific Prior-Sanctioned Food Ingredients"

section_number: "181.33"

section_subject: "Sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 181.33"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Parts 170 to 199"

revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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Sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate are subject to prior sanctions issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for use as sources of nitrite, with or without sodium or potassium nitrite, in the production of cured red meat products and cured poultry products.

§181.33 - Sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate.