172.160 Potassium nitrate.

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.160]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 172_FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN 
CONSUMPTION--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_Food Preservatives
 
Sec.  172.160  Potassium nitrate.

    The food additive potassium nitrate may be safely used as a curing 
agent in the processing of cod roe, in an amount not to exceed 200 parts 
per million of the finished roe.

Additives that reference this regulation:

• POTASSIUM NITRATE