Items | Standard |
Description | Orange-yellow to orange red free-flowing powder,no foreign matter and no odor. |
Identification | The retention time of the principal peak conforms to which in the reference solution. |
Particle Size | 100% pass through sieve 40mesh 90% pass through sieve 80mesh |
β-Carotene Assay | ≥1.00% |
Amax (1%,1cm) Colour intensity of aqu. dispersionA[1%,1cm] at maximum | ≥25.0 |
Loss on drying | ≤5.0% |
Heavy Metals (as Pb) | ≤10.00ppm |
Lead (as Pb) | ≤2.00ppm |
Arsenic (as As) | ≤2.00ppm |
Cadmium (as Cd) | ≤1.00ppm |
Mercury (as Hg) | ≤0.10ppm |
Total aerobic microbial count | ≤1000cfu/g |
Total moulds and yeasts count | ≤100cfu/g |
Enterobacterial | ≤10cfu/g |
Escherichia coil | n.d./10g |
Salmonella | n.d./25g |
Staphylococcus aureus | n.d./10g |