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Summary of Evaluations Performed by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

NITRATE
See: POTASSIUM NITRATE SODIUM NITRATE
Functional class: ANTIMICROBIAL PRESERVATIVE; COLOUR FIXATIVE
Latest evaluation: 2002
ADI: 0-3.7 mg/kg bw (1995)
Comments: The Committee retained the ADI of 0-3.7 mg/kg bw, expressed as nitrate ion (or 0-5 mg/kg bw expressed as sodium nitrate), established at its forty-fourth meeting (1995).
Report: TRS 913-JECFA 59/26
Specifications: See POTASSIUM NITRATE AND/OR SODIUM NITRATE
Tox monograph: FAS 50-JECFA 59/75
Previous status: 1995, TRS 859-JECFA 44/29,32, FAS 35-JECFA 44/325. 0-3.7 mg/kg bw (EXPRESSED AS NITRITE ION; ADI DOES NOT APPLY TO INFANTS BELOW THE AGE OF 3 MONTHS). FU
See: "POTASSIUM NITRATE" and/or "SODIUM NITRATE"
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Nitrate (JECFA Food Additives Series 50)
       Nitrate (WHO Food Additives Series 35)