Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Apr 28, 2025
§ 582.3173 - Butylated hydroxytoluene.

(a) Product. Butylated hydroxytol- uene.

(b) Tolerance. This substance is generally recognized as safe for use in food when the total content of antioxidants is not over 0.02 percent of fat or oil content, including essential (volatile) oil content of food provided the substance is used in accordance with good manufacturing or feeding practice.

authority: 21 U.S.C. 321,342,348,371
source: 41 FR 38657, Sept. 10, 1976, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 582.3173