The food coloring has been linked to thyroid cancer in rats and is already banned in parts of Europe, Asia and certain US ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the dye known as Red 3 from the nation’s food supply in January, setting deadlines for stripping the brightly hued additive from candies and cough ...

(Gene J. Puskar / AP) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the dye known as Red 3 from the nation’s food supply in January, setting deadlines for stripping the brightly hued additive ...

A federal statute requires FDA to ban any additive found to cause cancer in animals, though officials stressed that the way Red 3 leads to cancer in rats doesn’t happen in people. But the dye is ...

Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration revoked authorization of Red Dye No. 3, a widely used food coloring that has been linked to thyroid cancer. While the ruling spells an ...

Red Dye No. 3 Has Been Banned, but What About Other Artificial Food Dyes? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the dye known as Red 3 from the nation’s food supply in January ...