Over 35 years after the first study linking the artificial food dye Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the U.S.

After the Red No. 3 ban, there are now eight color additives approved by the FDA. They are FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Blue No. 2, ...

For decades, FD&C Red No. 3 has added its vivid cherry-red hue to candies and cupcakes—but its risks have been debated just ...

Brian Ronholm: Well, this is an issue that’s been percolating for quite a long time. Back in 1990, the FDA made the decision ...

The FDA banned the use of Red Dye No. 3 based on a petition asking that the agency follow a specific guideline.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially banned red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, dietary supplements and ingested medicines, as reported on Wednesday.

As of January 15, 2025, red dye No. 3 is officially banned in the United States. This decision was made by the Food and Drug ...

T he U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of red dye No. 3 in foods, more than three decades after ...

Now that the US Food and Drug Administration has banned ... Made from petroleum and chemically known as erythrosine, red dye No. 3 is a synthetic color additive used to give foods and beverages ...

Those items include: Red No. 3, also known as erythrosine, is a color additive made from petroleum ... that the dye causes cancer at high doses in lab rats. While food dyes have existed for centuries, ...

The FDA is giving food manufacturers until Jan. 15, 2027, to reformulate their products to comply with the rule banning Red ...