A man in Northern California is suing Mars, the company that makes Skittles, claiming that the use of titanium dioxide in the candy makes it “unfit for human consumption”.
The Washington Post says the use of the coloring additive isn’t illegal in the United States, and the Food and Drug Administration allows the use in most foods, though it is restricted it to 1 percent of a food’s weight.
The class-action lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of San Leandro resident Jenile Thames and others who purchased the candy, argues that the company’s failure to warn consumers about the potential dangers of titanium dioxide amounts to a fraud of omission as well as other violations of California law.