# Use of Sodium Citrate Buffered With Citric Acid in Certain Cured and Uncured Processed Meat and Poultry Products
> **Food Safety and Inspection Service** · Direct final rule. · Published 1996-04-24 · Effective 1996-06-24 · 61 FR 18047
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-9980
- **Category:** meat-poultry
- **Sub-agency:** Food Safety and Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 18047
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 318
- **Publication date:** 1996-04-24
- **Effective date:** 1996-06-24
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 95-001DF
## Abstract

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending 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 action is being taken in response to a petition requesting use of the solution to inhibit the growth of microorganisms, Clostridium botulinum in particular, and retain product flavor during storage.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/04/24/96-9980/use-of-sodium-citrate-buffered-with-citric-acid-in-certain-cured-and-uncured-processed-meat-and)
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