# Use of Sodium Citrate Buffered With Citric Acid in Certain Cured and Uncured Processed Meat and Poultry Products
> **Food Safety and Inspection Service** · Affirmation of effective date for direct final rule. · Published 1996-07-19 · 61 FR 37675
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-18400
- **Category:** meat-poultry
- **Sub-agency:** Food Safety and Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 37675
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 318
- **Publication date:** 1996-07-19
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 95-001N
## Abstract

On April 24, 1996, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published a direct final rule ``Use of Sodium Citrate Buffered with Citric Acid in Certain Cured and Uncured Processed Meat and Poultry Products'' (61 FR 18047). This direct final rule notified the public of FSIS's intention to amend the Federal meat and poultry products inspection regulations to permit the use of a solution of sodium citrate buffered with citric acid in cured and uncured processed whole-muscle meat and poultry products. This use of sodium citrate buffered with citric acid will inhibit the growth of microorganisms, Clostridium botulinum in particular, and retain product flavor during storage. FSIS received no adverse comments within the scope of this rulemaking in response to the direct final rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/07/19/96-18400/use-of-sodium-citrate-buffered-with-citric-acid-in-certain-cured-and-uncured-processed-meat-and)
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