Food and Drug Regulations
Version of section B.06.042 from 2006-03-22 to 2016-12-13:
B.06.042 [S]. Erythrosine shall be the disodium salt of 2,4,5,7-tetraiodofluorescein, shall contain not less than 85 per cent dye calculated as the monohydrate, as determined by official method FO-7, and may contain not more than
(a) 0.2 per cent water insoluble matter, as determined by official method FO-8;
(b) 0.2 per cent combined ether extracts, as determined by official method FO-9;
(c) 5.0 per cent subsidiary dyes, as determined by official method FO-10; and
(d) 0.5 per cent intermediates, as determined by official method FO-11.
- SOR/82-768, s. 9
- SOR/84-440, s. 3
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