---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.115"
title: "21"
number: "172.115"
heading: "BHT."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.115"
---

# §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—**
- (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)](#c-1) of this section, the label shall declare the percentage of the additive in the mixture.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 348, 371, 379e.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.