A funny notice on my acrylic paint...

A while ago, i found that I was really missing creative work, so decided to take up crafts and painting again. I bought some acrylic colours, and then when reading the label on one of the paint flacons, I noticed that among other things it said: resistant to saliva. My first thought was, who the hell goes around licking artwork?

Seriously though, why should paint be resistant to saliva? Does it maybe have something to do with people sneezing/coughing near a work, or what…?

You don’t have kids, do you?

No, I don’t. Wouldn’t they try to taste the paint straight out of the flacon (or tub) though, rather than licking (or spitting on) a work that’s in progress or completed?

Acrylic on glassware will encouter lickage.

They won’t try to taste the paint straight out of the container for the simple reason that the container is going to be attended for the entire time it’s off the shelf and open. Anything unattended that a toddler can reach, though, is going to end up in that toddler’s mouth sooner or later. It’s not that they’re trying to taste paint specifically, so much as that they’re trying to taste everything.

Thanks for your contributions so far.
But beside painted glassware, and young children putting anything and everything into their mouths, are there any other reasons why paint (especially acrylic) should be “spit-proof”? Because really, I found this a bit odd, and briefly imagined very silly and/or high people walking around and licking paintings and painted figurines.

It’s saliva fast for any objects that are painted that might potentially come onto contact with babies.

Say you use it to paint a toy or a cot - so the dry paint won’t become softened and get ingested.

Saliva fastness is usually required in baby products.

Curious . . . what brand are these acrylics?