COMPILED DATA UNDEE GREEN TABLE NUMBERS. 79 



" Such small amounts as are used for the coloring of pastry are said to be non- 

 poisonous. (Vitalil boll, chim.farm., 1893, p. 738.)" (p. 231.) 

 BCAZENEUVE AND LEPINE (Compt. rend., 1885, v. 101, pp. 1167-1169) say: I. ."A 

 dog received 71 milligrams per kilogram of body weight, or 50 grains per 100 

 pounds daily. On the second day diarrhea and vomiting ensued; loss of 

 appetite except for milk. Thereafter it experienced difficulties in breathing; 

 suffered albuminuria; its urine was colored; it died on the sixth day. The 

 autopsy disclosed considerable congestion. II. A dog weighing 22 kilos 

 received 400 milligrams (19 milligrams per kilo or 13 grains per 100 pounds); 

 this caused a yellow vomit; next day it received 500 milligrams (27 milligrams 

 per kilo or 17 grains per 100 pounds), which caused violent diarrhea, fever, 

 thirst, disinclination for all food. The animal was killed; the autopsy showed 

 badly congested kidneys." 



2. Prohibited by the Belgian law of June 17, 1891. 



3. SCHACHERL (p. 1044): "* * * Martius Yellow * * * [is], according to 



numerous statements in the literature, poisonous even in small doses, and [is] 

 therefore unqualifiedly to be declared as unpermissible." 



4. Prohibited by law in Italy. (See Lieber, p. 24.) 



5. FRAENKEL (p. 572): "This substance also shows poisonous properties, although 



it is less poisonous than dinitro-cresol." 



6. Resolutions of the Society of Swiss Analytical Chemists, September, 1891: "The 



following are to be regarded as coloring matters harmful to health * * * 

 Martius Yellow * * *." 



7. Forbidden by the Canton of Tessin. 



8. DIETRICH (Zts. Nahr. Genussm., 1902, v. 5, p. 364): "A lot of groats, after eating 



which a family became sick, was found to be free from ordinary poisons, but 

 had been colored with Martius Yellow." 

 .9. Buss lists it as poisonous. 



DOUBTFUL. 



1. WINOGRADOW (Zts. Nafirs. Genussm., 1903, v. 6, p. 589) says it noticeably retards 

 digestive action; is not indifferent. 



G. T. 4. 



Trade names. Sulphur Yellow; Sulphonaphthol Acid Yellow; 

 mccinic; Solid Yellow; Saffron Yellow; Jaune Acide C.; Jaune Acide; 

 Fast Yellow; Citronin; Anilin Yellow; Acid Yellow S. 



Names under which it was offered on the United States market as a 

 <bod color in 1907. Naphthol Yellow SLOZ; Naphthol Yellow S; 

 Naphthol Yellow; Naphthol Yellow L; Yellow F Y; Lemon Yellow. 



Scientific name. Dinitro-alpha-naphthol-beta-monosulphonic acid. 



Discovered and patented. 1879. 



Shade. Yellow. Offered by 10 out of 12 sources. 



FAVORABLE. 



1. Permitted by Confectioners' List. 



2. CAZENEUVE AND LEPINE (Compt. rend., 1885, v. 101, pp. 1167-1169): "A dog 



received each day for 5 days 32 milligrams per kilogram of body weight, or 

 23 grains per 100 pounds; for the 10 days next succeeding it received four times 

 that amount, that is, 133 milligrams per kilogram of body weight, or $3 grains 



