The US Food and Drug Administration has revoked its authorization of Red No. 3 in food, drinks and ingested drugs across the ...

The FDA is giving food manufacturers until Jan. 15, 2027, to reformulate their products to comply with the rule banning Red ...

Over 35 years after the first study linking the artificial food dye Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the U.S.

In a bombshell announcement made last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it will ban the use of FD&C Red No. 3 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, dietary supplements and ingested medicines due to potential cancer risk. Local mother and ...

Red 3—also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127—has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since its ...

The FDA acted on more recent data presented in 2022 as part of a color additive petition showing an increase risk of cancer ...

For consumers, the ban on Red No. 3 represents a small victory for public health and safety. It shows that the FDA is ...

On January 16, 2025 the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued notice requiring manufacturers to reformulate their products removing ...

The Red 3 dye is also known as erythrosine or FD&C Red No. 3. The ban removes it from the list of approved colour additives in foods, dietary supplements and oral medicines, such as cough syrups.

Food safety advocates cheered the FDA's decision this week to ban a food dye that gives candy, frosting, cookies and even some medications their cherry-red color, but the artificial coloring isn't ...