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Arch Dis Child 1997;76:367-368 ( April )

Faulty sausage production causing methaemoglobinaemia

Neil Kennedy,a Claire P Smith,a Paul McWhinneyb

a Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Charlestown Road, Manchester, b Seacroft Hospital, York Road, Leeds

Correspondence to: Dr Claire P Smith, Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Charlestown Road, Manchester M9 7AA.

Accepted 11 December 1996

A family outbreak of methaemoglobinaemia following ingestion of sausages made using `saltpetre' is reported. Saltpetre is a generic term for several potassium and sodium based compounds. On this occasion imprecise ordering led to the use of sodium nitrite rather than the usual potassium nitrate, with extremely serious consequences.

Keywords: saltpetre; methaemoglobinaemia; sausage manufacture

© 1997 by Archives of Disease in Childhood


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