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 ...

The official line is that the Food and Drug Administration banned red dye number 3 due to the Delaney clause, which says that the FDA cannot allow a food additive if it has been found to cause ...

This decision has sparked conversations among local doctors about the health risks associated with this artificial food coloring. Q: Why are local doctors concerned about Red Dye Number 3?

Manufacturers using red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs have ... The National Confectioners Association said in a statement that food safety is the number one priority for US confectionery ...

the FDA announced the plan to ban “red number 3,” a color additive made from petroleum that gives food and drinks a bright red color. All food manufacturers must reformulate foods by January ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) The U.S. Drug and Food Administration has banned Red Dye No. 3 in foods. The removal addresses a color additive petition ...

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 ...

IT'S BEEN NEARLY 35 YEARS SINCE RED DYE NUMBER 3 WAS BANNED FROM COSMETICS DUE TO POTENTIAL CANCER RISKS. AND NOW IT'S BEING PULLED FROM OUR FOOD. WHEN YOU HEARD THAT DECISION, WHAT WENT THROUGH ...

It’s also in a number of dietary supplements and drugs ... that will remove the authorization for the use of FD&C Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs,” said Jim Jones, the FDA’s deputy ...

non-food substances. Their inclusion was meant to extend shelf life, or improve taste or texture, or, in the case of dyes like red No. 3, make products more visually appealing. But the tradeoff ...