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title: "21 CFR §181.34"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-181.34"

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: "181.34"

section_subject: "Sodium nitrite and potassium nitrite."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 181.34"

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 nitrite and potassium nitrite are subject to prior sanctions issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for use as color fixatives and preservative agents, with or without sodium or potassium nitrate, in the curing of red meat and poultry products.

§181.34 - Sodium nitrite and potassium nitrite.