Food and Drug Regulations

B.07.022 [S]. Mace, whole or ground, shall be the dried arillus of Myristica fragrans Houttyn and shall contain

• (a) not more than

  • (i) 3.5 per cent total ash,

  • (ii) 0.5 per cent ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid, and

  • (iii) eight per cent moisture, and

• (b) not less than 11 millilitres volatile oil per 100 grams of spice,

and the total non-volatile extracts obtainable therefrom by

• (c) ethyl ether, shall not be less than 20 per cent nor more than 35 per cent, and

• (d) ethyl ether, after preliminary extraction with petroleum ether, shall not exceed five per cent.