Nowadays, Nitrate is a food preservative, which is used in traditional processed meat products to extend its shelf life, and transform to preferable colour, and odour. The objective of this study is to investigate the contamination of Nitrate in food that exceeds standards in the traditional processed meat products from convenience stores and supermarkets. The study collected 6 types of the traditional processed meat product in June 2022 from a convenience store and supermarket in Bangkok, Thailand. Then, detection of Nitrate in the samples by GT-Nitrate test kit. The results showed that, there was 27.78% sample that was not met Nitrate that exceeded standard value according to the regulations on the usage of food additives, Notification of Ministry of Public Health number 389 in B.E. 2561 (2018), Re: food additives (Number 5) determine to use of Nitrate exceed than 500 mg. per kg. 2 samples of steamed pork sausage products (50%) were the highest of Nitrate contamination that were over the standards, followed by fermented pork, sour sausage, and sun-dried pork products of 1 sample (33.33%), respectively. Moreover, the Chinese sausage and sun-dried beef products were not found that there was the Nitrate contamination in products over the standard value. It has been found that there are a few of traditional processed meat products in convenience stores and supermarkets contaminated with Nitrate. This phenomenon demonstrated that some producers still use Nitrate exceeding the standards. Hence, the processed meat products workshop for entrepreneurs should be conducted by the related sectors to stimulate them to be aware and follow the regulations strictly. In addition, they should monitor the safety of processed meat products before distribution to avoid the hazard to the consumers health that may cause. 

Nitrate

Nitrite

native processed meat products

native processed meat products