Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned Red Dye No. 3, artificial food dyes are under increasing scrutiny.

After the U.S. FDA banned the use of Red Dye 3 in food, beverages, and medications in January 2025 due to its carcinogenic ...

But experts say the regulator needs to reevaluate the safety of other food dyes too. Data suggests that dyes impact child ...

Centuries before the now-banned red dye No. 3 was synthesized in a lab, humans turned to insects to color their foods, ...

Palmer Candy President and CEO Marty Palmer declined to identify which of his company's products contain FD&C Red No. 3, but it is listed on the Twin Bing packaging. He says the company shouldn't have ...

The FDA said manufacturers who use red three in food and ingested drugs will have until January 15, 2027 or January 18, 2028, ...

Learn what Red Dye 40 is used for, what foods contain it, and whether or not research supports its link to behavioral issues ...

The Food and Drug Administration decided red dye No. 3 (Red 3) will no longer be allowed in American food and medicine on Jan ...

Over-exposure to an allergen also raises the risk of allergies, says David Cor ry, MD, professor of medicine in the section ...

One local pharmacist weighed in on a recent ban by the FDA of certain food coloring. Garrett Collier, a pharmacist with ...

The efforts made by the FDA to ban synthetic dye has sparked a new awareness of artificial chemical compounds that do more than just add color.

Over 35 years after the first study linking Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the US is beginning to wean it out ...