COMPILED DATA UNDER GREEN TABLE NUMBERS. 131 



Scientific name. Sodium or potassium salt of tetraiodofluorescein. 



Discovered. 1876. 



Shade. Bluish red. Offered by 5 out of 12 sources. 



FAVORABLE. 



1. Permitted by Confectioners' List. 



2. WEYL (p. 31): "According to Grandhomme, rabbits bear without injury * * * 



Erythrosine * * *." 



3. Permitted by the laws of France. 



4. Permitted by the law of Austria. 



5. FRAENKEL (p. 574}' "Rose Bengal * * produces no noticeable disturb- 



ances." 



6. Buss lists it as nonpoisonous. 



UNFAVORABLE. 



1. LEWIN (Lehrbuch dcr Toxikologic, 1897, p. 231}: "The continued use of these 

 coloring matters, as well as of phenolphthalein, which becomes colored in the 

 system, I regard as harmful, and, in fact, through action as coloring matters." 



G. T. 520. 



Trade names. Rose Bengal; Rose Bengal A T; Rose Bengal N.; 

 Rose Bengal G. 



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

 food color in 1907. Rose Bengal B; Phloxin B. 



Scientific name. Alkaline salt of tetraiododichlorofluorescein. 



Discovered. 1875. 



Shade. Bluish red. Offered by 2 out of 12 sources. 



FAVORABLE. 



1. Permitted by Confectioners' List. 



G. T. 521. 



Trade names. Phloxin ; Phloxin TA; Eosin 10B. 



Scientific name. Sodium salt of tetrabromotetrachlorofluorescein. 



Discovered. 1882. 



Shade. Red. Not offered. 



FAVORABLE. 



1. Permitted by Confectioners' List. 



2. Permitted by the Austrian law. 



3. CHLOPIN (p. 186} examined this color, and on his own experiments classifies it as 



"nonpoisonous." The experimental data are as follows: 



