亚硝酸盐是一种白色或淡黄色结晶盐类物质,味咸苦。作为食品添加剂,少量使用可以保持肉制品的亮红色泽,抑菌和增强风味,超量或误食易致中毒。由于其外形极似盐,常易被当作“食盐”或“味精”而误食。2007年4~9月,我县接连发生了4起因误食亚硝酸盐引起的食物中毒,占同期全县食物 Nitrite is a white or light yellow crystalline salt, taste salty. As a food additive, a small amount of use can maintain the bright red color of meat products, antibacterial and enhance the flavor, excessive or accidental poisoning. Because of its shape resembling salt, it is often mistaken as “salt” or “monosodium glutamate”. From April to September 2007, four consecutive food poisoning caused by eating nitrite occurred in our county, accounting for the entire county food