—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Nov. 22,1975 58 Use of nitrites in meats modified hy USDA panel The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a proposed change in its regulations that would modify the cite of nitrate, nitrite and salt in cured meat and poultry products. The proposals are based primarily on recom mendations made by the Secretary’s expert panel on nitrites and nitrosaminea. In addition to the Panel’s recommendations. USDA also proposed other actions, including: -Banning the use of both nitrate and nitrite in infant and Junior foods, and also any meat ingreadients processed with such sub stances. -Permitting the use of coihmao table salt (sodium chloride) as a curing agent under certain conditions; and -More concerted efforts to resolve the problem of nitrosamine formation in fired bacon. “As recommended by the Panel, the use of sodium nitrate will be discountinued in the curing process of all meat and poultry products with two exceptions, dry cured and fermented sausage products,” ac cording to Dr. Harry, C. Mussman, Executive Secretary of the Expert Panel and Associate Ad ministrator of USDA’a Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). GET SPRING ORDERS IN NOW BEFORE PRICE INCREASE ]N/['LJEI-.L..EF^ HAS DONE IT AGAIN!! r* THE NEW # DAIRY FARMER WHAT ARE YOUR WATER HEATING COSTS CHECK WITH US. WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO SAVE *300.00 Call (717) 768-7111 “In addition, the level of nitrite to be added to curing solutions would be limited to 156 parts per million (ppm) in all processed products excopt bacon and dry-cured products,” Dr. Mussman said. Any person wishing to submit written data, viewers or arguments concerning the proposed amendment may do so by filing them in duplicate with the Hearing Cleric, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250, by Jan. 12, 1976. Any person desiring to E-town farmers check corn ELIZABETHTOWN • Early planting knowledge of the soQ, and close attention to the growing crop were three reasons for a good com crop locally, according to John Weidman, Pioneer Seeds representative. Weidman spoke at the Elizabethtown Young Fanners monthly meeting Thursday, November 13. Yield checks from 38 fields were compared with 10 samples above ISO bushels per acre and an average of 125 bushels per acre overall. Officers for 1976 were elected as follows: x - „ President, Larry Garber: Sco ““ d lon « **°. *° * ,te j?• _ DitAai/i»nf your *love was considered t Vice President, Richard pledge of deadly vengeance. Garber; Secretary, Clair to *7OOO per year. present his views orally should address such a request to the Product Standards Staff, Scientific and Technical Services, Meat and Poultry Inspection Program, APHIS, USDA, Washington, DC 20250. The complete text of the proposed change in the regulations was published in the Nov. 11 1975, Federal Register. Copies of the proposal are available from APHIS. Room 4905-South Building. USDA, Washington, DC 20250. Hoover; Treasurer, Kenneth Myer; Nominator, Leroy Rutt The next meeting is on December 11 at the Elizabethtown High School Boyd Gartley from Inter* State Milk Producers will be the guest speaker. SPECIAL OF THE WEEK - USED 400 GAL. 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