The FDA has banned the use of red dye No. 3 in food and ingested drugs, the agency announced Wednesday. Red dye No. 3 is an additive used to give foods like candy a cherry-colored hue. In banning ...

The FDA already banned the use of red dye No. 3 in cosmetics and topical drugs in 1990 under the Delaney Clause after research found the additive to be carcinogenic at high doses for rats in lab ...

Red No. 3, approved for use in foods in 1907, is made from petroleum. The FDA's move to ban the dye has been in the works for ...

The dye is known as erythrosine, FD&C Red No. 3 or Red 3. The ban removes it from the ... More than three decades ago, the FDA declined to authorize use of Red 3 in cosmetics and externally ...

Some parents say that red ... use in Europe and so many other places around the globe.” These new restrictions have been applauded by some parents who say red food dye No. 3 has already been ...

The FDA will no longer allow Red No. 3 in food, beverages and ingested drugs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to ban the use of Red No. 3 dye in food products and medications has ...

The popular California-based fast food burger chain is giving some of its drinks and ketchup a new taste after the FDA banned red dye No. 3 earlier this year.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Skittles announced to the BBC last week that it will no longer use titanium dioxide, a color additive, in its candy products.

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