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Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21.172.115 BHT

Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

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

(a) The BHT meets the following specification:  Assay (total BHT) 99 percent minimum.

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

Food

Limitations (total BHA and BHT) parts per million

Dehydrated potato shreds

50

Dry breakfast cereals

50

Emulsion stabilizers for shortenings

200

Potato flakes

50

Potato granules

10

Sweetpotato flakes

50

(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.

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