General Standard for Food Additives - CODEX Alimentarius

CODEX STAN 192-1995
Table One
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE
FoodCatNo FoodCategory MaxLevel Notes Year Adopted
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g., seasoning
for instant noodles)
200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2005
12.5 Soups and broths 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2006
12.6 Sauces and like products 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2005
12.8 Yeast and like products 200 mg/kg 15 2006
13.6 Food supplements 400 mg/kg 15 & 196 2006
15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots
and tubers, pulses and legumes)
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures
(with e.g., dried fruit)
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE
INS 321 Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) Functional Class: Antioxidant
200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2005
200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2005
FoodCatNo FoodCategory MaxLevel Notes Year Adopted
01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 100 mg/kg 15 & 195 2007
01.5.1 Milk powder and cream powder (plain) 200 mg/kg 15 & 196 2006
02.1.1 Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee 75 mg/kg 15, 133 &
171
2006
02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2006
02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2006
02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2005
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed
and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products
of food category 01.7
200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2006
200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2006
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 100 mg/kg 15 & 195 2006
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 15, 76 & 196 2005
05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products 200 mg/kg 15, 130 &
141
2006
05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 200 mg/kg 15 & 197 2006
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc.
other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4
200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2007
05.3 Chewing gum 400 mg/kg 130 2006
05.4 Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit)
and sweet sauces
200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2007
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 100 mg/kg 15 & 196 2006
06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 2006
07.0 Bakery wares 200 mg/kg 15 & 180 2007
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole
pieces or cuts
100 mg/kg 2007
15, 130 &
167
85