02/10/2019 (Agence Europe) – MEP Éric Andrieu (S&D, France) announced on Wednesday 2 October that he had submitted a request to the European Commission for an EU-wide ban on titanium dioxide (E171) as a food additive. It is based on a French measure that will suspend the placing on the market of food items containing this controversial colouring on 1 January 2020, due to uncertainties about its safety. The written question to the institution asks whether Member States will decide on...