---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 573.700"
title: "21"
number: "573.700"
heading: "Sodium nitrite."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/573.700"
---

# §573.700. Sodium nitrite.


Sodium nitrite may be safely used in canned pet food containing meat and fish in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

- (a) It is used or intended for use alone as a preservative and color fixative in canned pet food containing fish, meat, and fish and meat byproducts so that the level of sodium nitrite does not exceed 20 parts per million.
- (b) **To assure safe use of the additive, in addition to the other information required by the act—**
  - (1) The label of the additive shall bear:
    - (i) **The name of the additive.**
    - (ii) **A statement of the concentration of the additive in any mixture.**
  - (2) The label or labeling shall bear adequate directions to provide a final product that complies with the limitations prescribed in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 38652, Sept. 10, 1976, unless otherwise noted.