Titanium dioxide is used as a white pigment in a variety of foodstuffs including candy, coffee creamer, baking and cake decorations, and white sauces. It is added in the form of food additive E171. A small fraction of the poorly soluble titanium dioxide particles consists of nanoparticles. To enable a proper assessment of the potential health risks of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in food products, it is important to obtain further information on its uptake in the body, potential accumulation in tissues, and the hazard potential. In collaboration with others, RIVM is examining the potential health risks of titanium dioxide in foods.

The National Coordination of Communicable Disease Control (LCI  coordinates the response to infectious disease in the Netherlands. The LCI (National Coordination Centre for Communicable Disease Control) is a network organisation. Guidelines, advice and research are developed in collaboration with professionals in infectious disease control, both nationally and within the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Centre for Infectious Disease Control.

‘Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss’. (Source: United Nations)