Antioxidants and oxygen interceptors
TBHQ
Parameters
- Chart entries
- 4
- Purposes
- Dried meats; Rendered animal fat or a combination of such fat and vegetable fat; Fresh pork, sausage, brown and serve sausages, fresh Italian sausage products, pregrilled beef patties, fresh sausage made from beef or beef and pork, cooked or raw pizza topping and cooked or raw meatballs
- Curing agent
- no
9 CFR 424.21, chart at paragraph (c). eCFR as in force on 2026-01-01, retrieved 2026-09-04.
Condition attached to the substance in the chart
tertiary butylhydroquinone
Permitted uses and amounts
| Class | Purpose | Products | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioxidants and oxygen interceptors | Dried meats | Dry sausage 0.003 percent based on weight | 0.006 percent in combina-tion only with BHA and/or BHT. |
| Antioxidants and oxygen interceptors | Rendered animal fat or a combination of such fat and vegetable fat | 0.01 percent | 0.02 percent in combina-tion only with BHA or BHT. |
| Antioxidants and oxygen interceptors | Fresh pork, sausage, brown and serve sausages, fresh Italian sausage products, pregrilled beef patties, fresh sausage made from beef or beef and pork, cooked or raw pizza topping and cooked or raw meatballs | 0.01 percent based on fat content | 0.02 percent in combin-ation only with BHA and/ or BHT, based on fat content. |
| Antioxidants and oxygen interceptors | Dried meats | 0.01 percent based on total weight | 0.01 percent in combina-tion only with BHA and/or BHT. |
Source: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), Title 9, 9 CFR 424.21. Parsed from eCFR XML as in force on 2026-01-01, retrieved 2026-09-04. Read the section