- Type
- Antioxidant preservative
- How serious
- Moderate severity
- Evidence
- Moderate evidence
Why it is flagged
Listed by the EU as an endocrine disruptor candidate and classified as a possible human carcinogen.
Health topics it bears on
Sources
- 11. List of Permitted Preservatives (Lists of Permitted Food Additives) Health Canada, 2025
- Screening Assessment for the Challenge: Phenol, (1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methoxy- (butylated hydroxyanisole, BHA) Environment Canada and Health Canada, 2010
- Scientific advice on Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) (SCCS/1682/25) Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, 2026
- Scientific Opinion on the re-evaluation of butylated hydroxyanisole – BHA (E 320) as a food additive European Food Safety Authority, 2011
- Some Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Food Components, Furocoumarins and Ultraviolet Radiation (IARC Monographs Volume 40) International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1986
Also listed as
bha, bha (preservative), e320, tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole