titanium dioxide
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- After August 7, 2022, foods containing titanium dioxide could no longer be sold in the EU.
- Experts could not exclude genotoxicity after people swallow titanium dioxide particles; absorption is low, but particles can accumulate.
- Titanium dioxide is a color additive according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/63 dropped E171 from the authorized list.
- JECFA called food-use titanium dioxide safe in 2023.
- People encounter titanium dioxide in candy coatings, bakery products, and some tablets.
- IARC classifies inhaled titanium dioxide dust as Group 2B—possibly carcinogenic—based on rat lung tumors; evidence in people was inadequate.
- Separate listings cover ingested drugs and cosmetics for titanium dioxide.
- Titanium dioxide may be used in food at no more than 1 percent by weight under 21 CFR 73.575.
- Titanium dioxide is used for opacity and whiteness, not nutrition.
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Origin: first recognised while reading FDA still allows titanium dioxide in U.S. food at 1 percent — EU banned E171 in 2022 after EFSA could not rule out genotoxicity · 2026-09-11 06:06