A bill to delay any action which may be taken by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare respecting nitrites used as a food preservative on the basis of any carcinogenic effect nitrites may be represented to have.

Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture under the Wholesome Meat Act, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or any other law, to ban the sale, distribution, or use of nitrites as a food preservative solely on the basis of any carcinogenic effect they may be represented to have in humans, until three months after the submission of the results of the study required by the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act.