Nitrosamines in Bacon: a Case Study of Balancing Risks

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A little bit of history of Nitrosamines in Bacon…

An old article 1984, by John McCutcheon former deputy administrator Meat and Poultry Inspection Technical Services, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Full article here: Nitrosamines in Bacon: a Case Study of Balancing Risks.pdf (926.2 KB)

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The timelines associated with this are interesting - based upon the fact that this was primarily dealing with one nitrosamine in one product - it still took an awful long to time to implement a fix throughout the industry.

And avoid “pumped bacon” if you can!! :bacon: