Arsenic (as As), not more than........................................................ 3 ppm

Heavy metals (as Pb), not more than........................................... 0,002 %

Lead, not more than........................................................................ 5 ppm

Starch and Dextrin................................................................................ p/t.

Tannin................................................................................................... p/t.

Insoluble matter, not more than........................................................ 1,0 %

Ash (acid-insoluble), not more than.................................................. 0,5 %

Ash (total), not more than................................................................. 4,0 %

Loss on drying, not more than....................................................... 15,0 %

Mercury, not more than................................................................... 1 ppm

Cadmium, not more than................................................................ 1 ppm

Products obtained from hydrolysis

(mannose, xylose, galacturonic acid)...........................................absence

Escherichia coli (in 5 g).................................................................absence

Salmonella (in 10 g)......................................................................absence