[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.110]

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                        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. 172.110  BHA.

    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 [deg]C 
minimum.

    (b) The BHA is used alone or in combination with BHT, 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
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
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\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.