The artificial food dye can be found in candy, beverages, chips and other packaged foods — often consumed by children.

A synthetic red dye used in thousands of food and drink products has been banned by US officials after being linked to cancer ...

When the function is purely aesthetic, why accept any cancer risk?" said Dr. Peter Lurie, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, in a statement. While the group has highlighted ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially banned red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, dietary ...

Red No. 3. is commonly found in candy, gum, and cookies, including Brach’s candy corn, Betty Crocker sprinkles, and strawberry Ensure over links to cancer.

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

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

The move came following a a petition from the Center for Science in the Public Interest and 23 other organizations ... to high levels of Red No. 3 got cancer. But CSPI’s Principal Scientist ...

Food dye Red No. 3 has been banned by the FDA. Are there other food additives that could soon be forbidden the same way?

Red dye No. 3 has been permissible for use in food despite the Delaney Clause of the FDA’s Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ...

People who eat plant-based diets have the lowest rates of cancer, the Mayo Clinic said. While nongovernmental organizations like the Center for Science in the Public Interest have praised the ...

The FDA has banned Red No. 3, a dye linked to cancer, from food and drinks, impacting products like sports drinks and cereals.