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LAWS GOVERNING SALE OF ARSENICAL, PAPERS, FABRICS, ETC. 



In the following pages are given those portions of the laws of for- 

 eign countries and of the United States which deal with the presence 

 of arsenic in papers, fabrics, etc. Those sections which deal indirectly 

 with the question or with the presence of arsenic in foods are omitted. 



AUSTRIA. 



Ordinance of the minister of state of May 1, 1886, concerning the employment of 

 poisonous colors and substances injurious to health in different objects and the 

 sale of the same. 



SEC. 2. Colors and preparations that contain the following substances [arsenic, 

 antimony, lead, cadmium, copper, cobalt, nickel, mercury (pure cinnabar excepted ) . 

 and zinc] must not be used for coloring children's toys. The employment of other 

 metallic colors is allowed, but the color on the object must be entirely covered 

 with a coat of resistant varnish which withstands the action of moisture. 



SEC. 4. Artificial flowers may be colored with arsenical preparations and parts 

 of plants may be dipped in arsenical baths only wh n the dusting off of the poison- 

 ous colors is entirely prevented by a coating of varnish. 



SEC. 5. The use of colors containing arsenic to paint walls of living rooms and 

 places used for the accommodation or for the congregation of people is forbidden. 



SEC. 6. The preparation of foods, of eating and cooking utensils, and every 

 article of the toilet with substances which in the manner and form in which they 

 may be used might endanger health is forbidden. 



Decree of the minister of the interior in agreement with the minister of commerce, 

 June 2, 1877, concerning the employment of colored paper as wrapping for 

 candy, coffee substitutes, and other similar articles of food. 



Concerning the circumstances that at present not only green, but also other 

 gaily colored papers, dyed with materials known to be harmful to health, are used 

 in trade and for wrapping articles of food, the minister of the interior, in agree- 

 ment with the minister of commerce, in accordance with the order of the minis- 

 ter of state of May 1, 1886, ordered that common white paper or paper with the 

 color fixed in the fiber (im Zeug gefarbte) is to bs used for wrapping confections, 

 candies, coffees, and such articles of food. It is further decreed that the employ- 

 ment of otherwise colored paper is allowable only as a second outside covering, 

 and only in those cases where the food is of such a kind that it will remain dry 

 and neither soften nor melt so that the paper will stick and the food become 

 impregnated with the extract from the wrapper. 



Decree of the minister of the interior, in agreement with the minister of commerce, 

 November 20, 1877 , in which is given an explanation of the order of June 2, 



1877. 



Industrial houses differ as to the meaning of '* im Zeug gefarbte Papiere." On 

 account of this the following order is promulgated to indicate exactly the employ- 

 ment of colored paper as wrapping for food material: 



''Besides the usual white paper, only such paper is to be used as is made from 

 colored rags, or the pulp of which is colored during its manufacture. All paper 

 colored in other ways is to be used as a'second outside covering, as indicated in 

 the previous order. ' ' 



