Tests

Color

Texture

Odor

Flavor

Sulphated ash
Loss on drying
Standard sieve
pH value
Extraction solvents

Specification                                     

Light yellow

Amorphous powder

Characteristic                             

Characteristic

< 0.6 %

< 5 %

100% through 60 mesh
4.5~6.0
Acetone

Results                                     

Light yellow
Complies

Complies                             

Complies

0.5 %

2.1 %

Complies
Complies
Complies

Method
Visual

Visual
Organoleptic

Organoleptic

GB/T 22427.8-2008
GB 5009.3-2010
SOP-QS-402-00
GB/T 10786-2006
Internal

Total plate count

E. Coli

Yeast/Molds

Salmonella

Staphylococcus aureus

<10,000 cfu/g                              

Absent /gram
<100 cfu/g                              

Absent /10 gram

Absent /gram

<1000 cfu/g                             

Complies
<10 cfu/g                              

Complies
Complies

GB 4789.2-2010

GB 4789.3-2010
GB 4789.15-2010
GB 4789.4-2010
GB 4789.10-2010

Lead (Pb)

Arsenic (As)

Cadmium (Cd)
Mercury (Hg)
Iron (Fe)

Residual solvents
  Acetone
  Ethanol

  Others

< 3ppm

< 1ppm
< 1ppm
< 0.1ppm
<1ppm

<0.5 %
<0.3 %
<0.05 %

Complies

Complies
Complies
Complies
Complies

Complies
Complies
Complies

AAS GB/T 5009.12-2003

AFS GB/T 5009.11-2003
AAS GB/T 5009.15-2003
AFS GB/T 5009.17-2003
GB/T 5009.90-2003
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