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GRN No. 228

Sodium nitrite embedded on one side of a food packaging film at a maximum level of 113 milligrams per square meter

Intended Use: Intended to maintain the characteristic color of raw ground beef and raw whole muscle cuts of beef when vacuum packaged in the film, and to package other types of meat such as ground pork and whole muscle cuts of pork.
Basis: Scientific procedures
Notifier: Bemis Company, Inc
Notifier Address: One Neenah Center, 4th floor, P.O. Box 669, Neenah, WI 54957
Date of filing: Jul 10, 2007
GRAS Notice (releasable information): GRN 228 (in PDF)
Date of closure: Jul 26, 2010
FDA's Letter: FDA has no questions
Additional correspondence: May 31, 2011
Additional correspondence about intended use
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