Over 35 years after the first study linking the artificial food dye Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the U.S.
According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), this dye is found in about 3,000 products sold in the United States.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a 2022 petition by consumer advocacy groups to ban the use of the dye.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned Red Dye No. 3, an additive used to colour food bright red, due to it being carcinogenic. Still, if you've been enthusiastically chowing down on ...
The move comes more than three decades after the EU Scientific Committee for Food (SCF) recommended restricting use of the dye, also known as erythrosine or E127, in the UK and Europe. It is ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Red 3 – also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127 – has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since its FDA approval in 1969. You’ve likely encount ...