The colorant was banned from cosmetics and non-oral medications years ago because a study showed it caused cancer in rats. But it remained approved for many snack foods and other products until this ...

Did you know your favorite food might be hiding a not-so-healthy secret? Red dye 3, the one that gives many products their ...

Food companies have two years to get red dye No. 3 out of their products. But other synthetic dyes have also raised concerns, ...

VERIFY answers four questions about the common food additive red dye No. 3, including what products contain it and if the FDA ...

Red dye No. 3 is officially banned in the United States. The announcement has raised concerns about the safety of other food ...

Per the FDA’s announcement, manufacturers have until Jan. 15, 2027 to remove Red No. 3 from foods. For ingested drugs, ...

With an FDA ban on Red No. 3 underway, consumers may be seeking alternatives to the potentially harmful color additive.

The bill would prevent processed foods that contain any of 11 different additives from being sold in Arizona public schools.

Let’s take you through The Food and Drug Administration’s ban of a dye called Red 3 from the products U.S. consumers eat and drink. A local doctor we spoke ...

The FDA’s move comes more than a year after California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the California Food Safety Act, which bans ...

The FDA has revoked the authorization to use Red Dye No. 3 in food and drug products, giving manufacturers until January 15, 2027, or January 18, 2028, to reformulate their products.

After the FDA banned red dye 3 from foods, many are wondering about the future of red dye 40. Here are the differences—and ...