CARMOISINE - SPECIFICATION
 
Name - CARMOISINE
Classification AZORUBINE/C.I FOOD RED #3/E-122/C.I .No.14720/IS2923
Effective Date - 01/17/2000
 
No. Characteristic Requirement
  DESCRIPTION

DARK RED 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.

02.00
5)

Dye intermediates, percent by mass, max.
1 -naphthylamine-4-sulfonic acid.
1 -napthol -4 - sulfonic acid.

00.50

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