Red dye number 3 has been banned. My first thought upon hearing the news was, “What the heck is that?” My second, after a quick Google, was whether I should stockpile in my basement a stash of ...

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration announced it is banning Red No. 3, a food dye additive in processed foods like sodas, sweets and snacks. Recently, it and other dyes were linked to ...

U.S. health officials have banned Red Dye No. 3 from American foods, decades after the synthetic coloring was banned in Europe. As VOA’s Dora Mekouar reports, studies have linked the bright red ...