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GB 1886.346-2021National food safety standard - Food additives - Orange yellow (English PDF)

食品安全国家标准 食品添加剂 柑橘黄

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NHC; SAMR

Level / Type

National · Mandatory

Issue date

February 22, 2021

Implementation date

August 22, 2021

Scope

GB 1886.346-2021 is the English-translated version of 食品安全国家标准 食品添加剂 柑橘黄.

GB 1886.346-2021 is the Chinese national food safety standard for the food additive orange yellow. It applies to the colour obtained from the peel of citrus of the Rutaceae family by extraction with a vegetable oil solvent and refining, for example concentration, and gives the molecular formula C40H56O and the structural formula.

It fixes the sensory requirements and the physical and chemical indicators, while Appendix A sets out the inspection method, with a warning on the toxic and corrosive reagents, the general rules calling for analytically pure reagents and grade-3 water under GB/T 6682, and the identification test with its reagents, its developing solvent of n-hexane and acetone and its spectrophotometer. It was issued on 22 February 2021 and has applied since 22 August 2021.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

Issued by: NHC; SAMR

Contents

  • 1 Scope3
  • 2 Molecular Formula and Structural Formula3
  • 3 Technical Requirements3
  • Appendix A Inspection Method5

1 Scope

This Standard is applicable to the food additive orange yellow, which is obtained through extraction by vegetable oil solvent and refining (for example, concentration) with the peel of citrus rutaceae (Rutaceae, Cirtrus L.) as the raw material.

2 Molecular Formula and Structural Formula

2.1 Molecular Formula

Citrus: C40H56O

2.2 Structural Formula

Citrus:

3 Technical Requirements

3.1 Sensory Requirements

The sensory requirements shall comply with the requirements of Table 1.

3.2 Physical and Chemical Indicators

Appendix A Inspection Method

WARNING: some reagents used in the inspection method of this Standard are toxic or corrosive. During operation, appropriate safety and protective measures shall be taken.

A.1 General Rules

When other requirements are not specified, the reagents and water used in this Standard refer to analytically pure reagents and Grade-3 water specified in GB/T 6682.

When other requirements are not specified, the standard solutions, preparations and products used in tests shall be prepared in accordance with the stipulations of GB/T 601, GB/T 602 and GB/T 603. When it is not specified which solvent is used for preparation, the solutions used in tests refer to aqueous solutions.

A.2 Identification Test

A.2.1 Reagents and materials

A.2.1.1 Ether.

A.2.1.2 N-hexane.

A.2.1.3 Toluene.

A.2.1.4 Petroleum ether, with a boiling range of 30 °C ~ 60 °C.

A.2.1.5 Ethanol.

A.2.1.6 Acetone.

A.2.1.7 Sodium nitrite solution: weigh-take 5 g of sodium nitrite; add water to dissolve it and reach a constant volume of 100 mL.

A.2.1.8 Sulfuric acid solution: draw 1.5 mL of concentrated sulfuric acid; slowly pour it into 80 mL water; add water to reach a constant volume of 100 mL.

A.2.1.9 Developing solvent: N-hexane : acetone = 7 : 3.

A.2.2 Instruments and equipment

A.2.2.1 Electronic balance, with an accuracy of 0.01 g.

A.2.2.2 Spectrophotometer. […]

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