PROCESSING INSPECTORS' CALCULATIONS HANDBOOK
United States Department of AgricultureFood Safety Inspection ServiceAdministrative ManagementHuman Resource Development DivisionPROCESSING INSPECTORS' CALCULATIONS HANDBOOKRevised 1995edited version - includes only CALCULATIONS for curing compounds11Chapter 3CURING AGENT (NITRITE AND NITRATE)CALCULATIONSINTRODUCTIONCalculat ions for curing agents are based on the green weight of the meat and/or poultry and/ormeat/poultry byproducts (meat block), used in the formulation of the product. Because nitriteand nitrate, after being converted to nitric oxide, function by reacting chemically with the meat orpoultry myoglobin, the amounts of nitrite or nitrate permitted in the cure must be based on themeat block used in the formulation, not the finished weight of the product.
Food Safety Inspection Service Administrative Management Human Resource Development Division PROCESSING ... limitation (based on sodium) is the same for both salts. This limitation was established when the sodium salt was the only one permitted. Later, the potassium salt was allowed to be added at the ... such as thermal processing, pH or ...
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