[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.115]
[Page 33]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 172_FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION--Table of Contents
Subpart B_Food Preservatives
Sec. 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:
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Limitations
(total BHA
Food and BHT)
parts per
million
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Dehydrated potato shreds................................... 50
Dry breakfast cereals...................................... 50
Emulsion stabilizers for shortenings....................... 200
Potato flakes.............................................. 50
Potato granules............................................ 10
Sweetpotato flakes......................................... 50
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(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.
Additives that reference this regulation: |
