PROCESSING INSPECTORS' CALCULATIONS HANDBOOK
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Specifications i
Chapter
1 INTRODUCTION 1
- Overview and Purpose 1
- Background 2
- Establishment Responsibilities 4
- Inspection Responsibilities 4
2 CONVERSION TO PARTS PER MILLION (PPM) 6
3 CURING AGENT (NITRITE AND NITRATE) CALCULATIONS 1
- Introduction 11
- Nitrite Used in Cured, Comminuted Products 12
- Nitrite Used in Cured, Pickled Products 19
- Nitrite Used in Cured, Dry Products 24
- Nitrite Used in Bacon 27
- Nitrate Used in Cured, Comminuted, Pickled, and Dry Products 31
- Nitrite and Nitrate Used Together in a Single Curing Method 32
- Nitrite and Nitrate Used Together with More Than One Curing Method 33
4 CURE ACCELERATOR CALCULATIONS 34
- Introduction 34
- Cure Accelerator Limits 34
- Cure Accelerators Used in Cured, Comminuted Products 35
- Cure Accelerators Used in Cured, Pickled Products 36
- Replacing Cure Accelerators with Citric Acid or Sodium Citrate 37
