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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

NITRITE
See: POTASSIUM NITRITE SODIUM NITRITE
Functional class: ANTIMICROBIAL PRESERVATIVE; COLOUR FIXATIVE
Latest evaluation: 2002
ADI: 0-0.07 mg/kg bw
Comments: Expressed as nitrite ion
Comments/MRLs: EXPRESSED AS NITRITE ION; ADI DOES NOT APPLY TO INFANTS BELOW THE AGE OF 3 MONTHS
Report: TRS 913-JECFA 59/20
Specifications: See POTASSIUM NITRITE AND/OR SODIUM NITRITE
Tox monograph: FAS 50-JECFA 59/49
Previous status: 1995, TRS 859-JECFA 44/29,31, FAS 35-JECFA 44/269. 0-0.06 mg/kg bw (EXPRESSED AS NITRITE ION; ADI APPLIES TO ALL SOURCES OF INTAKE BUT NOT TO INFANTS BELOW THE AGE OF 3 MONTHS). FU
See: "POTASSIUM NITRITE" and/or "SODIUM NITRITE"
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Nitrite (JECFA Food Additives Series 50)
       Nitrite (WHO Food Additives Series 35)