GSFA Online Food Additive Details for Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)

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Updated up to the 47^th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2024)

Food Additive Details

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) (321)

Synonym(s)

Functional Classes

Antioxidant

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GSFA Provisions for Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)

Number	Food Category	Max Level	Notes
07.0	Bakery wares	200 mg/kg	Note 180 Note 15
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	100 mg/kg	Note XS252 Note 195 Note XS250 Note 15
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	100 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 196
02.1.1	Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee	75 mg/kg	Note 514 Note 15 Note 133 Note 171
05.3	Chewing gum	400 mg/kg	Note 130
05.1.4	Cocoa and chocolate products	200 mg/kg	Note 130 Note 15 Note 303
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	200 mg/kg	Note 130 Note XS309R Note 15
05.4	Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	200 mg/kg	Note 130 Note 15
04.2.2.2	Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds	200 mg/kg	Note 613 Note 76 Note 15 Note 196
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	100 mg/kg	Note 195 Note 15
02.3	Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions	200 mg/kg	Note 130 Note 15
02.2.2	Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 559 Note 552
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	200 mg/kg	Note 130 Note 15
13.6	Food supplements	400 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 196
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note 180 Note XS166 Note 15
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note XS191 Note XS92 Note XS190 Note 180 Note XS95 Note XS165 Note 15 Note XS312 Note XS315 Note 392 Note XS36
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note XS70 Note XS37 Note 180 Note XS90 Note XS94 Note 15 Note XS119 Note XS3
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. seasoning for instant noodles)	200 mg/kg	Note XS327 Note XS328 Note 130 Note XS326 Note 15
05.1.5	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 197
02.1.3	Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats	200 mg/kg	Note 516 Note 130 Note 15
01.5.2	Milk and cream powder analogues	100 mg/kg	Note 481 Note 15
01.5.1	Milk powder and cream powder (plain)	200 mg/kg	Note XS290 Note 15 Note 196 Note XS207
06.4.3	Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products	200 mg/kg	Note 130 Note 15
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	100 mg/kg	Note 130 Note 15 Note XS89 Note XS88 Note 162 Note XS98
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	100 mg/kg	Note 167 Note 130 Note XS96 Note 15 Note XS97
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	200 mg/kg	Note 130 Note 15
12.6	Sauces and like products	100 mg/kg	Note 130 Note 15 Note XS302
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note 180 Note 15 Note XS291
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note XS244 Note XS311 Note 15 Note 196 Note XS189 Note XS236 Note XS222 Note XS167
12.5	Soups and broths	200 mg/kg	Note 130 Note 15 Note 340
02.1.2	Vegetable oils and fats	200 mg/kg	Note 130 Note XS33 Note 15 Note XS325R Note 515 Note 511

Note: Unless otherwise specified, food additive provisions apply to the food category indicated (e.g. Dairy), as well as to all subcategories of that category (e.g. Cheese, Ripened Cheese, etc.).

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