|
Item |
Specification |
|
Appearance |
Dark red to brownish red crystalline powder |
|
A455/A483 |
1.14~1.19 |
|
A455/A340 |
≥ 0.75 |
|
Moisture |
≤ 0.2% |
|
Ash |
≤ 0.2% |
|
Heavy Metals |
≤ 10ppm |
|
Lead |
≤ 1.0ppm |
|
Arsenic |
≤ 1.0ppm |
|
Cadmium |
≤ 1.0ppm |
|
Mercury |
≤ 0.1ppm |
|
Ethanol |
≤ 0.8% (Alone or both) |
|
Ethyl Acetate |
|
|
Isopropyl Alcohol |
≤ 0.1% |
|
Isobutyl Acetate |
≤ 1.0% |
|
Other Total Solvent Residues (GC) |
≤ 0.05% |
|
DBP |
≤ 0.3ppm |
|
Total Plate Count |
≤ 1000cfu/g |
|
Yeast & Mold |
≤ 50cfu/g |
|
Coliforms |
≤ 30MPN/100g |
|
Salmonella |
Negative/25g |
|
Staphylococcus Aureus |
Negative/25g |
|
Total β-Carotene Content |
≥ 96.0% |
|
All-Trans β -Carotene Accounts for the Total β -Carotene Content (HPLC) |
≥ 95.0% |
