The Food and Drug Administration has officially revoked its authorization of Red No. 3 in food, drinks and ingested drugs across the country after two studies showed that when laboratory rats consumed ...

Over 35 years after the first study linking the artificial food dye Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the U.S.

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

Red 3—also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127—has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since its ...

The FDA acted on more recent data presented in 2022 as part of a color additive petition showing an increase risk of cancer ...

For consumers, the ban on Red No. 3 represents a small victory for public health and safety. It shows that the FDA is ...

The Food and Drug Administration announced a landmark decision to ban Red No. 3 from use in U.S. food, beverage, and drug ...

On January 16, 2025 the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued notice requiring manufacturers to reformulate their products removing ...

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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.

Those items include: Red No. 3, also known as erythrosine, is a color additive made from petroleum that gives foods and drinks a bright, cherry-red color. It was previously banned from use in ...

What products will be affected by this ban? Food products, beverages, and drugs that contain Red Dye No. 3 will need to remove it by 2027 for food and by 2028 for drugs. (You can now subscribe to our ...