[Estimated production of coal-tar dyes (including dye aluminum lakes) based on official inspections in 1991].
The total number of official inspection of coal-tar dyes and their lakes from April in 1991 to March 1992 was 835. The quantity which passed inspection amounted to 240 tons in Japan. The official production of color dyes each month in summarised in Table 1 and that by various manufacturers in Table 2. The food coal-tar dye produced in the largest quantity was Food Yellow No. 4, occupying 44.6% of the total during this period.
Shibata
T
T
Kimura
M
M
Kawamoto
R
R
Tsuji
S
S
Ito
Y
Y
D002617:Chemical Industry; D003033:Coal Tar / Q000032:analysis*; D005504:Food Analysis; D005505:Food Coloring Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D006077:Government Agencies; D007564:Japan
D005505:Food Coloring Agents; D003033:Coal Tar