They’re found in fruit, veg and cured meat, but why is it that we are warned against eating some foods with nitrates and nitrites in, but we’re told to fill our fridges with others?

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Those chemicals are called nitrites and nitrates — and they are ... and are (obviously, because NZ food regulations aren’t going anywhere) still safe to eat. Every cut of meat going into ...

This has led to strict regulations of nitrate and nitrite levels in food and drinking water. Kenneth McColl (Glasgow University) described the potential harmful effects of nitrate-derived gastric NO.