Re‐evaluation of sodium nitrate (E 251) and potassium nitrate (E 252) as food additives

Re‐evaluation of sodium nitrate (E 251) and potassium nitrate (E 252) as food additives

Abstract The Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) provided a scientific opinion re‐evaluating the safety of sodium nitrate (E 251) and potassium nitrate (E 252) when used as food additives. The current acceptable daily intakes (ADIs) for nitrate of 3.7 mg/kg body weight (...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS), Alicja Mortensen, Fernando Aguilar, Riccardo Crebelli, Alessandro Di Domenico, Birgit Dusemund, Maria Jose Frutos, Pierre Galtier, David Gott, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Claude Lambré, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Oliver Lindtner, Peter Moldeus, Pasquale Mosesso, Agneta Oskarsson, Dominique Parent‐Massin, Ivan Stankovic, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Rudolf Antonius Woutersen, Matthew Wright, Piet van den Brandt, Cristina Fortes, Leonardo Merino, Fidel Toldrà, Davide Arcella, Anna Christodoulidou, Federica Barrucci, Ana Garcia, Fabiola Pizzo, Dario Battacchi, Maged Younes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-06-01
Series:EFSA Journal
Subjects:
sodium nitrate
potassium nitrate
E 251
E 252
food additive
CAS Registry number 7757‐79‐1
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4787

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