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Re:‘Too much’ nitrite-cured meat brings clear risk of cancer... by ac29 on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @01:26AM (#34158080)
> Nitrates are required of US manufacturers BY THE FDA for food safety

Are you sure? I looked through the "uncured" bacons at a local grocery store online and while most of them have nitrates from celery powder, one of them is just "pork, sea salt, cane sugar".

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Re:‘Too much’ nitrite-cured meat brings clear risk of cancer... by hammock on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @10:33AM (#34161971)
Per the US Constitution, FDA regulates interstate commerce so if the meat never crosses a state line it is possible
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