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INDIGO CARMINE - SPECIFICATION
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| Name -
INDIGO CARMINE |
Revision No - 00 |
| Classification C.I
No.-73015/E132/F.D&C BLUE #2/Indigotine/C.I. FOOD
BLUE#1/I.S.1698 |
| Effective
Date - 01/17/2000 |
| No. |
Characteristic |
Requirement |
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DESCRIPTION |
REDDISH BLUE POWDER |
| 1) |
Total colour/Assay, percent by Mass, min. |
85.00 |
| 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. |
01.00 |
| 5) |
Dye intermediates, percent by mass, max.
- Isatin sulphanic acid,
- 5- Sulfoanthranilic acid
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00.50
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| 6) |
Unsulfonated primary aromatic amine (calculated as aniline)
percent by mass, max. |
00.01 |
| 7) |
Lead, mg/kg, Max. |
10.00 |
| 8) |
Arsenic, mg/kg, Max. |
03.00 |
| 9) |
Heavy metals, (as pb) mg/kg, max |
40.00 |
| 10) |
Mercury, mg/kg, Max. |
01.00 |
| 11) |
Cadmium, mg/kg, Max |
01.00 |
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