This standard specifies those requirements for food additive rosemary extract including classification, requirements, test methods, inspection rules as well as marking, packaging, transportation and storage.
This standard is applicable to powdery products, produced via processes such as ethanol solution extraction and refinement, using stalk and leaves of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) as materials. The main effective constituents of its fat-soluble products are carnosol, carnosic acid, rosemary phenol and the like; those of water-soluble products are rosemary acid, hesperidin, caffeic acid and the like.
2 Normative References
The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. For dated references, subsequent amendments (excluding corrections), or revisions, of any of these publications do not apply to this standard. However parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated below. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies.
GB/T 5009.3-2003 Determination of Moisture in Foods
GB/T 5009.4 Determination of Ash in Foods
GB/T 5009.11 Determination of Total Arsenic and Abio-arsenic in Foods
GB/T 5009.12 Determination of Lead in Foods
GB/T 6682 Water for Analytical Laboratory Use - Specification and Test Methods (neq ISO 3696:1987)
Decree No. 75 of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China: Administrative Measures on Metrological Supervision of Quantitatively Packed Commodities
Decree No. 26 of Ministry of Health [2002] Food Additive Hygiene Management Measures
3 Classification
According to the solubility of rosemary extract, there are fat-soluble products and water-soluble ones.
