EU food grade titanium dioxide E171 latest standard revision content

EU food grade titanium dioxide E171 latest standard revision content

Article 1: Measured with a microscope, the median particle size cannot be lower than 100 nanometers. This means that particles larger than 100 nanometers account for at least 50% of the samples tested.
Article 2: Changes in heavy metal standards.
Total value of food grade titanium dioxide, silicon and aluminum: ≤0.5% (previous standard version was silicon or aluminum ≤2%)
Food grade titanium dioxide, cadmium ≤0.5mg / kg (previous standard version was ≤2mg / kg)
Food grade titanium dioxide, antimony ≤1mg / kg (previous standard version was 2mg / kg)
Titanium dioxide food grade, arsenic ≤1mg / kg (no change)
Titanium dioxide food grade, lead ≤5mg / kg (previous standard version was ≤10mg / kg)
Titanium dioxide food grade, mercury ≤0.2mg / kg (previous version was 1mg / kg)

Other content unchanged