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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 ...

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(AP Photo/Julia Rubin, File) The Food and Drug Administration is ordering food and drug makers to remove a dye called Red 3 from the products U.S. consumers eat and drink. The colorant was banned from ...

Earlier this week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked the authorization of the dye Red No. 3, which is used in a variety of foods and medications. This artificial dye, which is made from ...

United States food regulators have banned Red Dye 3, a dye used in food, drinks and medicine after evidence found that it causes cancer in rats. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...

Beaver said that if you want to use food dyes for baking or cooking, you can opt for natural food coloring, such as the following: Annatto extract (yellow) Beetroot powder (bluish-red to brown) ...

Outgoing US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced a ban on Red Dye No 3, a controversial food and drug coloring long known to cause cancer in animals. Decades after scientific ...

The Food and Drug Administration has officially banned Red No. 3, an additive used for giving food and drinks a bright, cherry-red color. The FDA announced on Wednesday that it has amended its ...

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 ...