Product Name CARMOSINE C.I No 14720 Synonyms ACID RED # 14 C.I. Name Food Red-3 Chemical Disodium salt of 2-(4 sulpho -1- IS No 2923:1995 Name Naphthylazo_1-Naphthol-4-Sulphonic CAS No 3567-69-9 Acid EINECS No 222-657-4 SR NO TEST LIMITS 1 Total dye content percent by mass on dry basis 87 (at 105_+1�°C for 2hrs)MIN 2 Loss of drying at 135�°C, sodium chloride and sulphate 13 percent by mass,MAX. 3 Water insoluble matter,percent by mass,MAX. 0.2 4 Combined ether extract,percent by mass,MAX. 0.2 5 Subsidiary dyes,percent by mass,MAX. 1 6 Dye intermediates,percent by mass.MAX. 0.5 7 Heavy metals as pb(mg/kg)MAX. 40 8 Arsenic,(mg/kg). MAX 3 9 lead,(mg/kg) MAX 10