The Food and Drug Administration last week took action to ban a commonly used dye used in everything from candy to cough syrup because of its links to cancer.

Foods like candy, bacon bits, frosting and hot dogs all are made with Red Dye 3. That will soon be changing as the FDA has ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned red dye No. 3 from foods. That was first announced on Jan. 15, 2025. This decision by federal regulators comes nearly 35 years after the dye was banned in ...

After the Red No. 3 ban, there are now eight color additives approved by the FDA. They are FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Green No. 3, Orange B, Citrus Red No. 2, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow ...

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 encountered Red 3 before. It's a common ...

The ban will affect thousands of consumer products that use the color additive, which has already been prohibited in ...

The Food and Drug Administration announced last week that it will revoke authorization for FD&C Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs under the Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ...

Cherry red, like a matte fire engine, these hot dogs owe their glow to a cocktail of food dyes, often including Red No. 3, a ...

On January 15, 2025, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made a landmark decision to ban the use of Red Dye ...

A bill under consideration in the Iowa House would ban margarine and two food additives from the lunches and breakfasts ...