The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially banned red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, dietary supplements and ingested medicines, as reported by the Associated ...

Erythrosine, which is more likely to show up as FD&C Red No. 3 or Red 3 on an ingredients label, is a color additive in food products, dietary supplements, and medicines like cough syrup.

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.

They also said that Red No. 3 is used in Canada and Europe but under the name erythrosine. While Red No. 3 has been banned in cosmetics and topical drugs for nearly 35 years, it has remained in ...

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

Red 3 is a synthetic colour additive made from petroleum and chemically known as erythrosine; it is used to give foods and beverages a bright cherry-red colour known to cause cancer in animals and ...