Red dye No. 3 must be removed from food by mid-January 2027 and excised from ingested drugs the following year after the FDA’s decision to ban it.
The dye, known for its bright cherry-red color, is found in candies, snack cakes, maraschino cherries, and some beverages.
A food dye that gives candy, frosting, cookies and even some ingested medications their cherry-red color is now banned in the U.S.
Studies commissioned by the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency have linked Red Dye No. 40 to hyperactivity in children.
Several consumer-favorite cereals, snacks and other food products may have contained the red food coloring recently banned by the FDA.
The FDA banned Red No.3, also known as erythrosine, after reviewing studies that linked high doses of the dye to cancer in ...
But there's a problem with some of them. The Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday that it has amended its color additive regulations, no longer allowing the use Red No. 3, a dye used in ...
When the FDA announced a ban of food dye Red No. 3 this week ... to take synthetic food dyes out of its mac and cheese ...
The synthetic additive found in thousands of food products will now be phased out by 2027, but advocates say the agency's ...
Small studies going back decades have shown a potential link between artificial food dyes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in kids.
RFK Jr. said in Wednesday's confirmation hearing that he wants to combat food dyes. 'Crunchy moms' finally feel seen.