Sodium Nitrite is allowed only a few species of fish, I?m looking for
a preservative substitute that is legal to use in fish.

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Request for Question Clarification by adiloren-ga on 30 Dec 2004 00:02 PST

This article says there is no substitute- but it refers to pork. Is
there a difference in the use in fish as opposed to pork?

http://www.albertapork.com/consumers/retailers/tumbling.html

The nitrite fright of several years ago forced us to re-examine the
use of sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, and other nitrogen salts in the
curing of meat products. We learned that over 90% of the nitrites in
our system come from human saliva, drinking water and green
vegetables. Approximately 6% come from processed meats. We also
learned that there was no substitute at present for sodium nitrite.
Safe meat products for the time being would require the use of this
food chemical not only for flavour and colour development but most
importantly for the inhibition of the growth of Clostridium Botulinum
in vacuum packaged meat products.


Here is some more info I dug up:

http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/factsheets/Factsafeadditives.htm

Potassium nitrate 252

Potassium nitrite 249

Sodium nitrate 251

Sodium nitrite 250
	
USED IN processed meats like ham, salami, devon.

SAFE ALTERNATIVES Salt.


http://www.thecookinginn.com/cornedmeat.html

"Hi all, since I have been asked a lot of questions in regard to
SODIUM NITRATE and SALTPETER,	I must say that as of April 12,2002
nothing has changed. Sodium Nitrate is still the best bet and
Saltpeter is the other one. I have heard from the FDA, the meat
industry and the University they have all said the same thing."

Any clarification of for what purpose the sodium nitrite is being used
for would be helpful. Is it just to preserve the fish?

Thanks

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Clarification of Question by motty-ga on 30 Dec 2004 09:49 PST

I don't know anything about pork; I just know that in fish Nitrite is
allowed only in Salmon and maybe one more specie.