The FDA banned the use of Red Dye No. 3 based on a petition asking that the agency follow a specific guideline.

Consumer advocacy groups petitioned agency to restrict additive initially approved for use in 1969.

Food and Drug Administration officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety and health advocates.

Studies show that high doses could cause cancer in rats, but the regulators maintain that no evidence exists that ingesting ...

Red dye No. 3 has been permissible for use in food despite the Delaney Clause of the FDA’s Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ...

FDA officials have telegraphed the decision for months. While the agency has long said that it did not think evidence of Red ...

Thousands of foods contain Red Dye No. 3, the substance banned by U.S. regulators on Wednesday due to potential cancer links.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially banned red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, dietary ...

The FDA announced on Wednesday that it has banned the use of Red No. 3, an additive used to give food and drinks a cherry-red ...

Red No. 3, chemically known as erythrosine, was first introduced into foods in 1907. Companies subsequently added it to ...