Sodium Nitrate is used in various industries. Sodium nitrate helpful to preserve foods including bacon, beef jerky, ham, hot dogs, lunch meat, salami, and smoked fish etc.
				
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	Sodium nitrate is a salt and an anti-oxidant that is used to cure meats like ham, bacon and hot dogs.
	
	Sodium nitrate serves a vital public health function: it blocks the growth of botulism-causing bacteria and prevents spoilage