# FDA still allows titanium dioxide in U.S. food at 1 percent — EU banned E171 in 2022 after EFSA could not rule out…
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Publisher: reddit.com · published 2026-09-10 · read 2026-09-11

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## Who is named (8)

- [Maged Younes](https://truthscore.com/entity/0056a694)
- [JECFA](https://truthscore.com/entity/47da4a5e)
- [FDA](https://truthscore.com/entity/4bbb138a)
- [IARC](https://truthscore.com/entity/588ca5e4)
- [EFSA](https://truthscore.com/entity/5ed62f71)
- [titanium dioxide](https://truthscore.com/entity/905ecd5d)
- [Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/63](https://truthscore.com/entity/9f01d3b1)
- [European Union](https://truthscore.com/entity/fca4af98)

## What it added

- [Titanium dioxide is a color additive according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2681a047)
  > Titanium dioxide is a white pigment the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lists as a color additive.
- [Titanium dioxide may be used in food at no more than 1 percent by weight under 21 CFR 73.575.](https://truthscore.com/claim/cc54d1e5)
  > Under 21 CFR 73.575 it may be used in food at no more than 1 percent by weight.
- [Separate listings cover ingested drugs and cosmetics for titanium dioxide.](https://truthscore.com/claim/be01935a)
  > Separate listings cover ingested drugs and cosmetics.
- [Titanium dioxide is used for opacity and whiteness, not nutrition.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d8bf8cbc)
  > The additive is there for opacity and whiteness, not nutrition.
- [People encounter titanium dioxide in candy coatings, bakery products, and some tablets.](https://truthscore.com/claim/412459ff)
  > People meet it in candy coatings, bakery products, and some tablets.
- [Experts could not exclude genotoxicity after people swallow titanium dioxide particles; absorption is low, but particles can accumulate.](https://truthscore.com/claim/19ff3416)
  > On May 6, 2021, EFSA panel chair Maged Younes said experts could not exclude genotoxicity after people swallow the particles; absorption is low, but particles can accumulate.
- [Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/63 dropped E171 from the authorized list.](https://truthscore.com/claim/26b890d2)
  > Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/63 then dropped E171 from the authorized list.
- [After August 7, 2022, foods containing titanium dioxide could no longer be sold in the EU.](https://truthscore.com/claim/14a579d0)
  > After August 7, 2022, foods containing it could no longer be sold in the EU.
- [IARC classifies inhaled titanium dioxide dust as Group 2B—possibly carcinogenic—based on rat lung tumors; evidence in people was inadequate.](https://truthscore.com/claim/80a32c56)
  > IARC classifies inhaled titanium dioxide dust as Group 2B—possibly carcinogenic—based on rat lung tumors; evidence in people was inadequate.
- [The Group 2B classification applies to inhalation, not diet.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5cf07b29)
  > That class is inhalation, not diet.
- [JECFA called food-use titanium dioxide safe in 2023.](https://truthscore.com/claim/30f8aa81)
  > In 2023 JECFA called food-use titanium dioxide safe.
- [The FDA is reviewing a petition filed on April 14, 2023 to repeal 73.575 and says some EFSA tests used materials or routes that do not match eating the color.](https://truthscore.com/claim/48d6204d)
  > FDA is reviewing an April 14, 2023 petition to repeal 73.575 and says some EFSA tests used materials or routes that do not match eating the color.
- [U.S. food remains subject to the 1 percent rule while the petition is open.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4be8a872)
  > U.S. food still sits under the 1 percent rule while that petition is open.

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