GSFA Online Food Additive Details for Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)

GSFA Online

Updated up to the 44^th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2021)

Food Additive Details

Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) (320)

Synonym(s)

Functional Classes

Antioxidant

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GSFA Provisions for Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)

Number	Food Category	Max Level	Notes
13.6	Food supplements	400 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 196
05.3	Chewing gum	400 mg/kg	Note 130
02.1.2	Vegetable oils and fats	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 515 Note 511 Note XS33 Note 130
02.1.3	Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 130 Note 516
02.2.2	Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 130
02.3	Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 130
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 130
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 196
06.4.3	Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 130
07.0	Bakery wares	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 180
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	200 mg/kg	Note XS97 Note 15 Note XS96 Note 130
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	200 mg/kg	Note XS88 Note 15 Note XS98 Note 130 Note XS89
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note XS312 Note 180 Note XS165 Note XS92 Note XS36 Note XS191 Note XS315 Note XS190 Note 392 Note XS95
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note XS166 Note 180
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note XS311 Note 196 Note XS244 Note XS222 Note XS236 Note XS189 Note XS167
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note XS291 Note 15 Note 180
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note XS3 Note 180 Note XS119 Note XS70 Note XS37 Note XS90 Note XS94
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. seasoning for instant noodles)	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note XS327 Note XS326 Note XS328 Note 130
12.5	Soups and broths	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 130
12.6	Sauces and like products	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note XS302 Note 130
12.8	Yeast and like products	200 mg/kg	Note 15
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 130
15.2	Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 130
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	200 mg/kg	Note 195 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 15 Note 196 Note 76
05.1.4	Cocoa and chocolate products	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 303 Note 130
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 15 Note 130 Note XS309R
05.4	Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	200 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 130
02.1.1	Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee	175 mg/kg	Note 133 Note 15 Note 171 Note 514
01.5.2	Milk and cream powder analogues	100 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 481
01.5.1	Milk powder and cream powder (plain)	100 mg/kg	Note 15 Note 196
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	100 mg/kg	Note 195 Note 15 Note XS250 Note XS252

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.).