NORTH CAROLINA. 

 GENERAL FOOD LAW. 



SEC. 6. Colors and preservatives prohibited; benzoic a.id sulphurous acids 

 excepted. For the purpose of this ac* an article of food shall be deemed adul- 

 terated * * * 



Sixth. * * * 



If it contain any of the following substances, which are hereby declared 

 deleterious and dangerous to health when added to human food, to-wit : Colors 

 which contain antimony, arsenic, barium, lead, cadmium, chromium, copper, 

 mercury, uranium or zinc; or the following colors: gamboge, corallin, picric 

 acid, aniline, or any of the coal-tar dyes ; dulcin, glucin or any other artificially 

 or synthetically prepared substitute for sugar except saccharine; paraffine, 

 formaldehyde, beta-napthol, abrastol, benzole acid or benzoates, salicylic acid or 

 salicylates, boric acid or borates, sulphurous acid or sulphites, hydrofluoric or 

 any fluorine compounds, sulphuric acid or potassium sulphate or wood alcohol ; 

 Provided, that catsups and condimental sauces may, when the fact is plainly 

 and legibly stated in the English language on the wrapper and label of the 

 package in which if; is retailed, contain not to exceed two-tenths of one per 

 cent, of benzoic acid or its equivalent in sodium benzoate. Fermented liquors 

 may contain not to exceed two-tenths of one per cent, of combined sulphuric 

 acid, and not to exceed eight-thousandths of one per cent, of sulphurous 

 acid. A* amended February 1, 1908; Public Laws Extra Session 1908, ch. 117, 

 pp. 1SO-1S1. See Bui. 69, Rev., pt. 5, p. 487. 



Approved April 13, 1899. Public Laws 1899, ch. 86, p. 216. 

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