Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ PART 172 - FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
/ Subpart B - Food Preservatives / § 172.160 Potassium nitrate.
§ 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.