Nitrite In The Hot Dogs Of My Youth

Monday, January 24, 2011 - 13:10 in Mathematics & Economics

I hope that Health and Welfare Canada guidelines for certain additives are a bit more stringent than they have to be to help compensate for possible loose play on the part of industries. When I was a student I analyzed fat content, dextrose and nitrite levels in hot dogs for a well known company. I'm not naming the company because for all I know they may have mended their ways. Nor am I suggesting that the whole industry was or is guilty of the things that I witnessed. read more

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