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 ...

A search of for Red No. 3 — also called Red 3 or FD&C Red ... that "condition may be exacerbated by exposure to a number of substances in food, including, but not limited to, synthetic color ...

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 ...

Red Dye No. 3 is a more selectively used dye ... in a statement to Newsweek said: "Food safety is the number one priority for U.S. confectionery companies, and we will continue to follow and ...

We break down the difference between Red 3 and Red 40—why one’s banned in food, the other isn’t and what both mean for your health.

On Wednesday, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has on Wednesday announced the ban of artificial colouring dye ‘Red number 3’, known to lend a red-cherry hue to food and drinks, after it was linked ...

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 ...