[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR181.34]

[Page 447]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 181--PRIOR-SANCTIONED FOOD INGREDIENTS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart B--Specific Prior-Sanctioned Food Ingredients
 
Sec. 181.34  Sodium nitrite and potassium nitrite.

    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.

[48 FR 1705, Jan. 14, 1983]