§ 172.110 BHA.
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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
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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
1 1,000
Beverages and desserts prepared from dry mixes
1 2
Dry breakfast cereals
50
Dry diced glazed fruit
1 32
Dry mixes for beverages and desserts
1 90
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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