Chicken feed, tagetes

Alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria) extract Bentonite colorant, wood coatings Pigment yellow 14 colorant, wood stains Annatto (Bixa orellana) colorant, wool Lead oxide, yellow colorant, yellow chicken feed Tagetes (Tagetes erecta) extract colorant/odor inhibitor, thermoplastics Benzene phosphinic acid colored glass... [Pg.4990]

Definition Hexane extract of the flower petals of the Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta Properties M.p. 53.5-55 C acid no. 0.6-1.2 iodine no. 132-145 sapon. no. 175-200 Uses Yellow colorant for chicken feed to enhance color of poultry skin and eggs natural flavoring agent in foods botanical, skin conditioner in cosmetics Use Level 0.05% max. in skin cosmetics likely to be exposed to sunlight... [Pg.4289]

Others. Tagetes meal and tagetes extract are extensively used in chicken feed to give the characteristic yeUow color to chicken skin and egg yolk. T. erecta flowers are used as a mosquito repellent, T. minuta oilior treatment of wound maggots, T. lucida Cav. in fumigants and repellents for mosquitoes, and T. terni-flora H. B. K as an insecticide in South America. ... [Pg.582]

Regulatory Status. Tagetes oil has been approved for food use ( 172.510) tagetes (Aztec marigold) meal and extract have been approved for use in chicken feed to enhance the yellow color of chicken skin and eggs, exempt from certification ( 73.295). [Pg.582]

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