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Food and Drug Regulations

Version of section B.06.041 from 2006-03-22 to 2016-12-13:


 [S]. Amaranth shall be the trisodium salt of 1-(4-sulpho-1-naphthylazo)-2-naphthol-3,6-disulphonic acid, shall contain not less than 85 per cent dye, 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) 4.0 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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