3. What is EFSA saying in its 2021 opinion on the safety of titanium dioxide as a food additive?


The additive goes into a lot of personal care products to whiten and brighten colors and to make them opaque, like toothpaste and makeup.
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In 2022, a year after the EFSA recommended against the use of E171, the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) conducted its own reassessment of titanium dioxide as a food additive. The agency concluded that titanium dioxide was indeed safe to use as a food additive. The United Kingdom and Canada came to similar conclusions.