Titanuim dioxide in food supplements
- Classification
- Border rejection notification
- Risk
- Potential risk
- Category
- dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
- Hazard
- colour E 171 - titanium dioxide unauthorised use - {food additives and flavourings}
- Origin
- Bulgaria
- Notifier
- Croatia
What is this? Titanium dioxide is a white food colour (called E 171) sometimes used in food supplements.
What's happening? Croatia found supplements from Bulgaria with this colour that is not allowed in the EU.
Does this affect me? If you bought food supplements from Bosnia or Croatia, check the label for E 171.
What should I do? Stop using the product and ask your pharmacist or doctor what to use instead.
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Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: colour E 171 - titanium dioxide unauthorised use - {food additives and flavourings} · Origin: Bulgaria · Notifier: Croatia
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