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 Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024)
 Title 21 - Food and Drugs
 Chapter I - Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
 SubChapter B - Food for Human Consumption
 Part 172 - Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption
 Subpart B - Food Preservatives

  § 172.115 - BHT.  

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  • § 172.115 BHT.

    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.