Test Specification1.0 Appearance Brown colored oil2.0 Solubility Soluble in water.Soluble in alcohol3.0 Identification(A)Ratio of absorbance of test solutionprepared for content of carotenoids A446 to A474 (B)Identification by HPLC 1.09 to 1.14 The retention time of the major peak obtained with samplesolution should be concordant with that of the majorpeak obtained with the standard solution.4.0 Water (%) NMT 1.05.0 Residue on ignition (%) NMT 1.06.0 Lead (ppm) NMT 1.07.0 Heavy metals gg NMT 5.0