---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.160"
title: "21"
number: "172.160"
heading: "Potassium nitrate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.160"
---

# §172.160. Potassium nitrate.


The food additive potassium nitrate may be safely used as a curing agent in the processing of cod roe, in an amount not to exceed 200 parts per million of the finished roe.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 348, 371, 379e.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.