The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned Red No. 3, USA TODAY reports, a dye that gives food and drink a bright, cherry-red color. The removal is in response to a color additive petition ...

“The petitioners provided data demonstrating that this additive induces cancer in male rats,” the FDA wrote in its notice Wednesday. In 1990, the US agency banned the cherry-red additive in cosmetics ...

Why did the FDA ban Red No. 3? The FDA announced the ban on Red No. 3, which gives food and drinks a bright, cherry-red color, on Wednesday in response to a color additive petition filed in 2022.

Red No. 3, an additive that gives food and drinks a cherry-red color, was officially banned on Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration announced its decision after advocates filed a petition ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned Red No. 3, USA TODAY reports, a dye that gives food and drink a bright, cherry-red color. The removal is in response to a color additive petition ...

For decades, FD&C Red No. 3 has added its vivid cherry-red hue to candies and cupcakes—but its risks have been debated just as long. Now, the FDA has finally banned the use of this food coloring.

The dye has been used in a number of foods, like maraschino cherries The US has banned the use of a synthetic dye typically added to foods and beverages to give them a bright, cherry-red hue.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned Red No. 3, a dye that gives food and drink a bright, cherry-red color. The removal is in response to a color additive petition filed in 2022 by ...

Red 3 is a petroleum-based synthetic food dye that gives foods and drinks a bright, cherry-red color. The FDA announced on Jan. 15 that it is amending its color additive regulations to no longer ...