*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GD0660100
CHEMICAL NAME           : C.I. Food Red 2, disodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3257-28-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H14-N2-O7-S2.2Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 480.44
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acid Scarlet GNA
   * Acid Scarlet JN Extra Pure A
   * Cerven potravinarska 2
   * C.I. 14815
   * Cilefa Red G
   * E 125
   * Ecarlate GN
   * Eurocert Scarlet GN
   * Food Red 2
   * L Red Z 3000
   * 1-Naphthalenesulfonic acid,  
   6-((2,4-dimethyl-6-sulfophenyl)azo)-5-hydroxy-, disodium salt
   * Salmon Red Geigy
   * Sarlach GN
   * Scarlet GN
   * Scarlet GN Specially Pure
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   APFRAD Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises.  (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil,
   France)  V.1-    1943-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,402,1957
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   APFRAD Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises.  (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil,
   France)  V.1-    1943-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,402,1957
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   APFRAD Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises.  (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil,
   France)  V.1-    1943-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,402,1957

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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