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ERYTHROSINE - SPECIFICATION
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| Name -
ERYTHROSINE |
Revision
No - 00 |
| Classification
I.S.169/E-127/C.I .No.-45430/FD&C RED #3/FOOD RED #14/C.I
FOOD RED-14 |
| Effective
Date - 01/01/2002 |
| No. |
Characteristic |
Requirement |
| |
DESCRIPTION |
RED POWDER |
| 1) |
Total colour/Assay, percent by Mass, min. |
87.00 |
| 2) |
Water-insoluble matter, percent by mass, Max. |
00.20 |
| 3) |
Combined ether extracts, percent by mass,
Max. |
00.20 |
| 4) |
Subsidiary dyes, percent by mass, Max.
Mono- iodo- fluorescein.
Lower iodinated fluorescein. |
04.00
N/A
N/A |
| 5) |
Dye intermediates, percent
by mass, max.
Tri iodo resorcinol.
2 (2,4 -di- hydroxy -3,5-di-iodo benzoyl) benzoic acid. |
00.20
00.20
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| 6) |
In organic iodide percent by mass as sodium
Iodine, max. |
00.10 |
| 7) |
Fluorescein mg/kg,max. |
20.00 |
| 8) |
Lead, mg/kg, Max. |
10.00 |
| 9) |
Arsenic, mg/kg, Max. |
03.00 |
| 10) |
Heavy metals (as pb), mg/kg, max. |
40.00 |
| 11) |
Mercury, mg/kg,Max. |
01.00 |
| 12) |
Cadmium, mg/kg,Max . |
01.00 |
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