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CARMOISINE - SPECIFICATION
| Name
- CARMOISINE |
Code
No - JS 05 |
| Classification
- AZORUBINE/C.I FOOD RED #3/E-122/C.I .No.14720/IS2923 |
| No. |
Characteristic |
Requirement |
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DESCRIPTION |
RED TO MAROON POWDER.
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| 1) |
Total colour /Assay,
percent by Mass, min. |
87.00 |
| 2) |
Loss on drying at 135oC,
Percent by mass and chlorides & Sulphates express as sodium salts,
percent by mass Max. |
13.00 |
| 3) |
Water-insoluble matter,
percent by mass, Max. |
00.20 |
| 4) |
Combined ether extracts,
percent by mass, Max. |
00.20 |
| 5) |
Subsidiary dyes, percent by mass,
Max.
|
03.00 |
| 6) |
Dye intermediates, percent by mass,
max.
1 -naphthylamine-4-sulfonic acid.
1 -napthol -4 - sulfonic acid.
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00.50 |
| 7) |
Unsulfonated primary
aromatic amine (calculated as aniline) percent by mass, max. |
00.01
|
| 8) |
Lead, mg/kg, Max. |
10.00 |
| 9) |
Arsenic, mg/kg, Max. |
01.00 |
| 10) |
Heavy metals, (as pb)
mg/kg, max. |
40.00 |
| 11) |
Mercury, mg/kg ,Max. |
01.00 |
| 12) |
Chromium, mg/kg, Max. |
05.00 |
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