The FDA has banned Red Dye No. 3, a synthetic additive linked to cancer in animals, from food, beverages, and ingested drugs.

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering food and drug makers to remove a dye called Red 3 from the products U.S.

U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. Food and Drug ...