[Nitrate and nitrite content of food products of plant origin grown with the use of mineral fertilizers].

Introduction of mineral fertilizers into soil results in the nitrate accumulation in the vegetables grown in this soil. However, under conditions of the utilization of nitrogen fertilizers in a dose of 300 kg/hectar in the soil of Byelorussia, the nitrate content in vegetables does not exceed the permissible value. No direct relationship has been established between the accumulation of nitrates and nitrites in the vegetables and cereals and the dose of mineral fertilizers and nitrite accumulation in the soil.