LEGAL ENACTMENTS. 35 



V. SOME LEGAL ENACTMENTS RELATIVE TO THE USE OF 

 COAL-TAR DYES. 



LIST OF THIRTEEN FOREIGN LEGAL ENACTMENTS. 



The 13 foreign legal enactments compared are as follows: 



I. The Austrian regulation of March 1, 1886, which forbids No. 

 B83 of the Green Tables and all anilin colors. 



[ 2. The law of Austria of May 1, 1886, which forbids No. 1 of the 



preen Tables and all anilin colors. 



. The Austrian regulation of September 19, 1895, in which cer- 

 ain colors only are permitted, and all others are forbidden. There 

 re 16 titles of permitted colors in this law, but these are in some 

 ases so elastic and so indefinite as to include 47 entries in the Green 

 Tables. 



4. The Austrian law of January 22, 1896, in which there are 17 

 itles, but these are sufficiently elastic to allow of 22 entries in the 

 jreen Tables being included in them. 



5. The German law of July 5, 1887, which specifically prohibits 

 nly Nos. 1 and 483 of the Green Tables. The interpretation which 

 eems to be generally placed upon this law is that all other Green 

 'able members are permitted in Germany for use in foods. 



6. The Italian law of February 7, 1892, forbidding all colors except 

 different titles, which, however, were elastic enough to include 32 



ntries in the Green Tables. 



7. The law of Italy of February 7, 1902, which prohibits 37 entries 

 n the Green Tables, and permits 1 1 specifically. 



8. The Italian decree of June 29, 1893, in which there were 7 

 itles of permitted colors sufficiently elastic to include 34 different 

 ndividuals. 



9. The Italian decree of March 24, 1895, forbidding four titles cov- 

 ring only four entries in the Green Tables. 



10. The French police ordinance of May 21, 1885, in which 489 

 ntries in the Green Tables were prohibited. 



II. The French police ordinance of December 31, 1890, in which 

 69 entries of the Green Tables were prohibited, and which also 



3ermitted under 9 titles 23 entries in the Green Tables. 



12. The Belgian law of 1891, which specifically forbids only four 

 ntries in the Green Tables. 



13. The law of the Canton of Tessin, dated May 18, 1897, which 

 orbids only 4 specific entries in the Green Tables. 



SUMMARY OF COLORS PERMITTED BY THESE LEGAL ENACTMENTS. 



An examination of the 13 legal enactments made in Europe with 

 espect to the use of coal-tar colors in food products discloses consid- 

 erable difference of opinion as to the harmfulness or the harmlessness 

 [)f even the same chemical individuals. To prepare an approximate 



