The EU ban on titanium dioxide has created harmonisation across the bloc for food and supplements, but the colour is still legal in the UK as well as in medicine products, plus there is the challenge of reformulation.
Titanium dioxide (E171) - a popular additive that confers a bright white shade to frosting and cake decorations - has been banned as a food additive in the EU, with a six-month phasing out period coming into force this month (January 2022) after which...
EU Member States took another step forward in banning Titanium Dioxide (E171) use by unanimously voting for its exclusion from the region, in line with EFSA’s concerns over safety.
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has urged the European Commission not to exclude certain nanomaterials as part of plans to better define the material.
In light of the recent ruling concerning titanium dioxide, French authorities have cast the net wider and urged caution over the use of nanomaterials in food as well as in antibacterial products.
The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) recent decision to class titanium dioxide (TiO2) as an unsafe food additive sets in motion actions to reduce its use in foods like soups, sauces and processed nuts.
A food additive routinely used in food supplements as a colourant has been deemed unsafe by European authorities due to genotoxic links and long-term effects arising from its accumulation in the body.
The French government has ordered a safety reassessment of white food colouring titanium dioxide after scientists say they have shown "for the first time" that nanoparticles in the food additive are spread around the body.
