NITRITES

Potassium Nitrite	INS: 249
Sodium Nitrite	INS: 250

Function: Colour Retention Agent, Preservative

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	17 mg/kg	Note 32	6
01.6.2	Ripened cheese	17 mg/kg	Note 32	6
01.6.3	Whey cheese	17 mg/kg	Note 32	6
01.6.4	Processed cheese	17 mg/kg	Note 32	6
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	34 mg/kg	Notes 32 & 36	6
01.6.6	Whey protein cheese	17 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game	134 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.2.1.1	Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	416 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.2.1.2	Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	134 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.2.1.3	Fermented non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	134 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.2.2	Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	167 mg/kg	Notes 32 & 36	6
08.2.3	Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	167 mg/kg	Notes 32 & 36	6
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	134 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	134 mg/kg	Note 32	6
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	50 mg/kg	Notes 32 & 36	6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	134 mg/kg	Notes 22 & 32	6
09.3.3	Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products	5 mg/kg	Notes 32 & 36	6