“…Several organic solvents have been permitted for use in food industries such as acetone, benzyl alcohol, ethyl acetate, hexane, isopropanol, methanol, methyl ethyl ketone, and ethanol, although the levels and concentrations at which they are used depend on the type of foods in which they are used (Sachindra et al, 2006). The utilization of oils for extracting carotenoids is a common practice (Chen & Meyers, 1983;Hara, Omata, Tanaka, Hibino, & Totani, 2001;Inoue, Simpson, Tanaka, & Sameshima, 1988; Omara-Alwala, Chen, Ito, Simpson, & Meyers, 1985;Shahidi & Synowiecki, 1991;Torrissen, Tidemann, Hansen, & Raa, 1981;Yamaguchi et al, 1986). Recovering valuable components from the waste would improve the economics of the crustaceans processing business.…”