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

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

The dye, known for its bright cherry-red color, is found in candies, snack cakes, maraschino cherries, and some beverages.

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 ...

U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred ...

Federal health officials is issuing an order to revoke the authorization for the use of Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs.

A food dye that gives candy, frosting, cookies and even some ingested medications their cherry-red color is now banned in the ...

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

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

The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it’s banning the use of Red No. 3, a synthetic dye that gives food and drinks ...

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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned Red No. 3, USA TODAY reports, a dye that gives food and drink a bright, ...