The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-17
THE CONDEMNED COLORS
STATE HEALTH BOARD SPECIFIES
OBJECTIONABLE FOOD STUFF.
Not to BE Used I'm MIX, Butter. Jams,
Catsup "Or Any Food What.
~sOever.o

The housewives pride and joy. the colors
OF the jelly, the tints so delicate that they
seemed a part OF woman's nature. are now
attacked by the State Board of Health, that
organization of cold-hearted doctors, to
whom nothing seems sacred from their
charges that 1t is unhealthy. Even when it
turns out that the boards charges are true.
it's secretary complains. the people do not
seem grateful; rather they seem to feel that
the board has done them injury. Yesterday
the board issued the following pronuncia-
mento, 'in accordance with the food law
enacted by the Legislature Of 1897"
1.-The following coloring matters may not
be used for coloring confectionery, milk,
butter. ol~eomargarine. butterine, jams. pre-
serves, relishes, catsup, chill sauce or any
article OF food whatsoever:
Compounds of C~opper-Blue ashes. noun
tain blue, etc.
Compounds of Lead-Massicot, red lead,
white lead, cassel yellow, Paris yellow. Tur-
FER yellow, Naples yellow, ~sulphates OF lead,
chrome yellow, Cologne yellow, etc.
Compounds Of acknowledgements yell
low, etc.
Compounds of Arsenic-Scheele's green.
Schweinfurth green, etc.
Compounds of Mercury-Vermillion, etc.
ton mercury, lead, copper, arsenic, anti
mony, tin, zinc, chromium. admium and
I'D TlQfn COI1DOuIOS Il uStO.
Red C~olors-Ponceau 8 r. B.: Ponceau b
extra, fast ponceau Il, new red L., scarlet
L. c., imperial scarlet. old scarlet, Bleorlcn
scarlet. Crocein scarlet 9 b.: Ponceau 4 X.
Il. Cochenille red A: Crocein scarlet 4 Is.
and g., brilliant scarlet. brilliant ponceau 4
r., ponceau 4 r.. ponceau brilliant K. new
coccin, scarlet. Crocein scarlet z b.: Gro
cein scarlet s b., ponceau 6 X. g., croceIn
scarlet o. extra. Safranin: Safranin K
s%afranin extra G., safranin g. extra CO.
S. S., ~safranin G. Oo. safranin r. r. extra,
No. o. Safranin conc, Safranin A. IT,, extra,
yellow Colors-Gum gutta. P1crlc acld.
Martius yellow: naphtylamin yellow, jaime
Dor, Manchester yellow, naphtalin yellow,
lew: Chrysion. chryseolin yellow t., gold
yellow, resorcin yellow. acid yellow X. s.,
tropaeolin o. jaime III. Victoria yellow:
Victoria orange, anilin orange. dinitrocresol,
H.: Orange No. 2. orange p, orange extra,
orange A, orange c., acid orange, golden
grange. mandarin g; extra, beta,napntoi
seurin. Metanil yellow: Orange NJ: N, tro-
paeolin G., Victoria yellow 20 double conc.),
jaime G.. (metanil extra). Sudan L.: Car
orange N, Orange G s; new yellow, acid
yellow D.. tropaeolin 90. fast yellow, diphe-
nyl orange, diphenylamine orange, jaime
d'aniline, sniline yell1 yellow ores, p
Blue Colors+Methylene blue b. B. G.:
Methylene blue b. B. in powder extra.
methylene blue d: b. b.. extra, methylepe
blue b. B. (crystalline), ethylene blue, meth
ylene blue B. 3. in powder 1. a d., extra ID.
Brown Colors-Bismarck brown: Bis
marck brown c., Manchester brown. phen-
ylen brown, vesuvin. analin brown Ieatner
brown, gold brown. Vesuvin B.: Manches-
ter brown E. E., Manchester brown p; s.,
Bismarck brown, Bismarck brown T. s run
brown. Chrysoidin: Chrysoidin g.. chry-
soidin r., chrysoidin J., chrysoidin Y"