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White Exudate in Cooked Bacon
alternating pattern of light and dark bands,
Though bacon remains a popular product, which was described as “tiger stripe” when
one of the frequent complaints heard about it was first reported (Voyle et al. 1986). The
modern bacon concerns the unsightly white alternating pattern had a regular periodicity
liquor that sometimes exudes from bacon that seemed to coincide with the injection
Table 18.1. Changes in maximum permitted levels of nitrate and nitrite in bacon
Legislation Ingoing amount (mg/kg) Residual amount (mg/kg)
Preservatives Regs 19791 200 nitrite, 500 nitrite + nitrate
Food Additives Regs 19952 300 nitrate 175 nitrite, 250 nitrate
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