# Menadione sodium bisulfite

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid0040547
Categories: food, industrial
Identifier: 130-37-0

> Menadione sodium bisulfite. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 40/100 — Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.. Compiled from 6 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 40/100 — Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence in this assessment: High
- Is it a concern? Moderate concern: no hazard classifications on record.
- Rationale: EFSA OpenFoodTox genotoxicity classification: No data. Source: EFSA FEEDAP 2014

## Regulatory status

- EU: EFSA opinion — Scientific Opinion on the safety and efficacy of vitamin K3 (menadione sodium bisulphite and menadione nicotinamide bisulphite) as a feed additive for all animal species (EFSA FEEDAP)
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

## Expert safety opinions

- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): no opinion on file.
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority): Scientific Opinion on the safety and efficacy of vitamin K3 (menadione sodium bisulphite and menadione nicotinamide bisulphite) as a feed additive for all animal species (EFSA FEEDAP) — 2014 — https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3532.

## Data sources

- EFSA OpenFoodTox (updated 2026-10-02): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8120114
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated 2019-04-29): https://hts.usitc.gov/view/list
- EPA DSSTox Identifiers (updated 2025-12-29): https://epa.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Chemistry_Dashboard_Data_DSSTox_Identifiers_Mapped_to_CAS_Numbers_and_Names/5588566
- FDA GSRS UNII (updated 2026-02-26): https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/
- openFDA Substance (updated 2026-05-24): https://api.fda.gov/other/substance.json?search=unii:97K34V88SA
- PubChem Live Enrichment (updated 2026-05-17): https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23665888

_Assessed by Greenveil._