Help Legality of SN source in US

[lapislazu]

Hi everyone. I believe I have found the correct SN source, DMC. I am based in the United States, and am wondering if it is legal to order it here. I am based in the East Coast, and was wondering if anyone can share success/failure stories with obtaining SN from DMC.

I am worried about the legality of this process because I will be ordering it to my home address where I live, and don't want to create problems for family.

 

[Emeralds]

It isn't illegal to buy or sell SN. It's a widely used food preservative. You can't get in legal trouble for buying it.

 

[lapislazu]

It isn't illegal to buy or sell SN. It's a widely used food preservative. You can't get in legal trouble for buying it.

Ok, that makes sense, thank you. I guess I was nervous if ordering chemicals like SN with a high purity from overseas into the United States specifically would raise any red flags. Since the US seems to be catching onto SN (like how high purity SN is not available on any site anymore unless you're a business) so I was weary if it is a restricted material or something.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

I don't *think* the Congress has passed any bill yet making SN illegal. There was/is a bill kicking around Congress, though.

 

[lapislazu]

I don't *think* the Congress has passed any bill yet making SN illegal. There was/is a bill kicking around Congress, though.

Yeah, I couldn't find anything that makes it illegal nationwide yet. I found that this bill was chaptered in California, making it illegal to sell SN above 10% purity. Unless I'm misunderstanding, I think this means it's law in that state? But I guess that only regulates its sale, not its purchase. Thankfully not my state anyway! It looks like efforts really ramped up in the last year though so I feel like I need to make this purchase sooner rather than later lol

Today's Law As Amended - AB-1109 Product sales: sodium nitrite.

 

[Eudaimonic]

Yeah, I couldn't find anything that makes it illegal nationwide yet. I found that this bill was chaptered in California, making it illegal to sell SN above 10% purity. Unless I'm misunderstanding, I think this means it's law in that state? But I guess that only regulates its sale, not its purchase. Thankfully not my state anyway! It looks like efforts really ramped up in the last year though so I feel like I need to make this purchase sooner rather than later lol

Today's Law As Amended - AB-1109 Product sales: sodium nitrite.

There's this: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4310/text