TY  - BOOK
AU  - Santos,Melody M.
AU  - Nano,Elvira E.
AU  - Lucero,Josefa P.
TI  - Survey on the levels of nitrate and nitrite in pork tocino from selected Metro Manila markets in 1992-1993
KW  - Pork Meat
KW  - Nitrates
KW  - Nitrites
KW  - Pork Tocino
KW  - Cured Meat
N2  - In Dec 1991, there were reports of human food poisoning received from National Poison Control of the University of the Philippines by the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), Department of Health [Philippines]. These reports prompted the Bureau of Food and Drugs in coordination with FETP to conduct a market survey to determine if tocino sold in the market contains excessive amount of nitrate and nitrite. A total of 117 pork tocino from 13 different market areas in Metro Manila in 1992-1993 were collected and analyzed using spectrophotometric method. These results showed that 6 samples contained nitrite higher than the allowable limit of 200 ppm, while 17 samples contained nitrate beyond the acceptable limit of 500 ppm
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