REASONS FOR SELECTING SEVEN PERMITTED COLORS. 



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The 8 of these chemical individuals examined with only favorable 

 results, and the number of sources out of a possible 12 oiTering them 

 on the United States market in the summer of 1907, are as follows: 



Colors reported on favorably and number of dealers handling same. 



i The italicized Green Table numbers are those of the permitted list of Food Inspection Decision No. 76. 



Another recommendation suggested the permissive use of 42 

 entries in the Green Tables, which are tabulated below in the same 

 manner as the suggestions in the preceding recommendation: 



Comparison of 42 recommended Green Table numbers with reports in the literature. 



1 Of physiological tests in compiled literature. 



Applying the conclusions hereinbefore reached to these entries, 

 it is found that 14 out of the 42 colors recommended, or exactly 

 one-third, had been examined physiologically with only favorable 

 results, and the remaining two-thirds had been either examined 

 physiologically with only unfavorable or with conflicting results, 

 or had not been examined at all. 



The 14 chemical individuals examined with favorable result and 

 the number of sources out of a possible 12 offering them on the 

 United States market in the summer of 1907 are as follows: 



