GREEN-S- SPECIFICATION
Name -GREEN-S-
Classification E 142 / C. I. FOOD GREEN # 4 /C.I. NO. 44090
Effective Date - 01/17/2000
No. Characteristic Requirement
  DESCRIPTION 

BLACK  POWDER
1) Total colour/Assay, percent by Mass, min. 80.00
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.
Leuco basev 4,4'- Bis (Dimehtyl amino )-benzhydril alcohol
4,4-Bis (dimethyl amino) - benzophenon
3- Hydroxy naphthalene , 2-7 - dislfunic acid

05.00
00.10
00.10
00.20
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