A synthetic red dye used in thousands of food and drink products has been banned by US officials after being linked to cancer. Bright cherry-colored Red No 3 had its use authorization revoked on ...

Studies show that high doses could cause cancer in rats, but the regulators maintain that no evidence exists that ingesting ...

Red Dye No. 3 is commonly found in items such as candies and cereals and as a decorative element in cocktails, particularly in the cherries that often adorn drinks. Advocates for ...

The move came following a a petition from the Center for Science in the Public Interest and 23 other organizations ... to high levels of Red No. 3 got cancer. But CSPI’s Principal Scientist ...

The artificial food dye can be found in candy, beverages, chips and other packaged foods — often consumed by children.

The US Food and Drug Administration announced this month that it's effectively banning Red No. 3, the controversial ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially banned red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, dietary supplements and ingested medicines, as reported on Wednesday.

FDA officials have telegraphed the decision for months. While the agency has long said that it did not think evidence of Red 3 causing cancer applied to humans, officials said their hand was forced by ...

People who eat plant-based diets have the lowest rates of cancer, the Mayo Clinic said. While nongovernmental organizations like the Center for Science in the Public Interest have praised the ...

Food dye Red No. 3 has been banned by the FDA. Are there other food additives that could soon be forbidden the same way?

The FDA issued a ban on the use of red dye No. 3 in food and beverage products and ingested drugs. The synthetic dye has been ...