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Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21.172.110 BHA

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The food additive BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) alone or in combination with other antioxidants permitted in food for human consumption in this subpart B may be safely used in or on specified foods, as follows:

(a) The BHA meets the following specification:

Assay (total BHA), 98.5 percent minimum. Melting point 48° C minimum.

(b) The BHA is used alone or in combination with BHT, as an antioxidant in foods, as follows:

Food

Limitations (total BHA and BHT) parts per million

Dehydrated potato shreds

50

Active dry yeast

11,000

Beverages and desserts prepared from dry mixes

12

Dry breakfast cereals

50

Dry diced glazed fruit

132

Dry mixes for beverages and desserts

190

Emulsion stabilizers for shortenings

200

Potato flakes

50

Potato granules

10

Sweet potato flakes

50

1 BHA only.

(c) To assure safe use of the additive:

(1) The label of any market package of the additive shall bear, in addition to the other information required by the Act, the name of the additive.

(2) When the additive is marketed in a suitable carrier, in addition to meeting the requirement of paragraph (c)(1) of this section, the label shall declare the percentage of the additive in the mixture.

(3) The label or labeling of dry mixes for beverages and desserts shall bear adequate directions for use to provide that beverages and desserts prepared from the dry mixes contain no more than 2 parts per million BHA.

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