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Taste the toxin?

A lawsuit filed Thursday in northern California federal court
alleges that Skittles candies, which boast the slogan “taste the
rainbow” on account of their many colors, contain a “known
toxin” called titanium dioxide, rendering them “unfit for human
consumption”.

Jenile Thames, a resident of San Leandro, filed suit against
Mars Inc, the confection company that produces Skittles, seeking
class-action status and alleging that people who consume
Skittles “are at heightened risk of a host of health effects for
which they were unaware stemming from genotoxicity – the ability
of a chemical substance to change DNA”.

The civil suit contends that Mars has long known about alleged
risks associated with this chemical and, in February 2016,
publicly vowed that it would phase out titanium dioxide. After
France banned titanium dioxide in 2019, Mars said that it would
comply with this regulation, court papers state.

Thames’s lawsuit alleges that Mars “blew smoke” with that
promise six years ago, by intimating that the phase-out was just
because “consumers today are calling on food manufacturers to
use more natural ingredients in their products”.

“Incredibly, Defendant even claimed that ‘[a]rtificial colors
pose no known risks to human health or safety’,” Thames’ suit
also said. “In doing so, Defendant concealed from consumers
material information it knew.”

Thames contends that Mars still sells candy in the US that
contains titanium dioxide as an additive and is “failing to
inform consumers of the implications of consuming the toxin”.
(Ingredients lists vary, some saying they might or might not
contain titanium dioxide.)

“Instead, Defendant relies on the ingredient list which is
provided in minuscule print on the back of the Products, the
reading of which is made even more challenging by the lack of
contrast in color between the font and packaging, as set out
below in a manner in which consumers would normally view the
product in the store,” court papers contend.

Thames argued that Mars does not appropriately apprise Skittles
consumers of this alleged unsafe additive, either before or at
the time of purchase – nor did the company tell them that these
candies “should otherwise be approached with caution”.

According to the European Food Safety Authority, titanium
dioxide is “a pigment commonly used to provide a cloudy effect
and white background colour”, and is typically used in candy and
baking. In 2021, the authority announced that “titanium dioxide
can no longer be considered safe as a food additive”.

“A critical element in reaching this conclusion is that we could
not exclude genotoxicity concerns after consumption of titanium
dioxide particles,” the authority said. “After oral ingestion,
the absorption of titanium dioxide particles is low, however
they can accumulate in the body.”

A Mars spokesperson said in an email that the company does not
comment on pending litigation.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/15/skittles-mars- lawsuit-titanium-dioxide-toxin

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