| FEMA | N/A |
| CAS | 7632-00-0 |
| EINECS | 231-555-9 |
| JECFA Food Flavoring | N/A |
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| Material Notes | nitrous acid sodium salt. used in many industrial processes, in meat curing, coloring, and preserving, and as a reagent in analytical chemistry techniques. it is used therapeutically as an antidote in cyanide poisoning. the compound is toxic and mutagenic and will react in vivo with secondary or tertiary amines thereby producing highly carcinogenic nitrosamines. Colour fixative and preservative for fish and meat products Sodium nitrite, with chemical formula NaNO2, is used as a color fixative and preservative in meats and fish. When pure, it is a white to slight yellowish crystalline powder. (Wikipedia) |