The Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of a specific red dye that has been linked to cancer in some rat studies. Red No. 3 is a synthetic dye that gives candies, sodas, and some ...

The synthetic dye, which is made from petroleum, is used as a color additive in food and ingested drugs to give them a "bright cherry-red color," according to an online statement from the FDA.

The Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of a specific red dye in food products. Red No. 3, a synthetic dye which gives a cherry hue to candies, sodas, and some medications, has been linked ...

Cancel any time. TORONTO - Health Canada says a synthetic dye newly banned from the U.S. food supply does not pose a health risk to the general population in Canada. TORONTO – Health Canada says ...

Trouble is, a widely used red food dye has been linked to serious health risks—but its days now appear to be at an end. A synthetic food dye commonly added to candy and sweets is being pulled ...

These concerns are not new, with calls to stop the usage of the synthetic dye dating to at least three decades ago, according to the Associated Press. The FDA banned its use in cosmetics in 1990 ...

“Red 3 is the food dye with the clearest evidence of cancer, so it is the lowest hanging fruit of the synthetic dyes for a ban because of the Delaney Clause,” said Thomas Galligan, principal ...

U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. Food and Drug ...

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TORONTO — A synthetic dye newly banned from the U.S. food supply will remain available in Canada, where the federal regulator has deemed it is not a health risk to the general population. With the ...