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Cyanamide
Level 4 — Significant concernsIn Winter's Dictionary
Cyanamide is a preservative — Fumigant for uncooked bacon, cereal flours, cocoa, uncooked ham/sausage
What it does
Fumigant for uncooked bacon, cereal flours, cocoa, uncooked ham/sausage
Where you'll see it
Cereal flours, cocoa, uncooked bacon, ham, sausage
What the research says
Poison by ingestion, inhalation, intraperitoneal routes. Moderately toxic by skin contact. Listed as cancer-causing agent. Severe eye irritant.
Regulatory status
- Notes: On Community Right-to-Know List
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): Listed as a cancer-causing agent. A severe eye irritant