ITEM

SPECIFICATION

PHYSICAL TESTS:

APPEARANCE

LIGHT YELLOW TO GREENISH YELLOW POWDER

AROMA:

CHARACTERISTIC

TASTE:

CHARACTERISTIC

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:

CHINA

PARTICLE SIZE:

100% THROUGH 80MESH

PLANT USED:

LEAVES

EXTRACT SOLVENT:

ETHANOL AND WATER

CARRIER USED:

NONE

CHEMICAL TESTS:

HEAVY METALS

< 20PM

ARSENIC

< 2PPM

SULFATED ASH:

< 3.0%

LOSS ON DRYING:

<5.0%

SOLUBILITY

SOLUBLE IN ETHANOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL; EASY SOLUBLE IN ETHYL ACETATE; NOT SOLUBLE IN WATER.

CARNOSIC ACID (BY HPLC)

NOT LESS THAN  60%

STERILIZATION METHOD

HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE

PESTICIDE RESIDUE (GC)

666

<  0.1 PPM

DDT

<  0.1 PPM

ACEPHATE

<  0.1 PPM

METHAMIDOPHOS

<  0.1 PPM

PARATHION

<  0.1 PPM

PCNB

<  10 PPB

MICROBIOLOGICAL TEST

TOTAL PLATE COUNT

< 1000CFU/G

YEAST AND MOLD

< 100CFU/G

SALMONELLA

NEGATIVE

E.COLI

NEGATIVE

STAPHYLOCOCCUS

NEGATIVE

P.AERUGINOSA

NEGATIVE