Unauthorised use of colour E 171 - titanium dioxide in food supplement from Sweden
- Classification
- Information notification for follow-up
- Risk
- Potentially serious
- Category
- dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
- Hazard
- colour E 171 - titanium dioxide unauthorised use - {food additives and flavourings}
- Origin
- Sweden
- Notifier
- Finland
What is this? A food supplement from Sweden may have a colour called E 171 (titanium dioxide) that is not allowed in food.
What's happening? Finland found this supplement with the wrong colour. The risk is thought to be serious.
Does this affect me? If you have this supplement from Sweden, you may be affected.
What should I do? Stop using it and ask your pharmacist or doctor what to do next.
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Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: colour E 171 - titanium dioxide unauthorised use - {food additives and flavourings} · Origin: Sweden · Notifier: Finland
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