The dye is known as erythrosine, FD&C Red No. 3 or Red 3. The ban removes it from the list of approved color additives in foods, dietary supplements and oral medicines, such as cough syrups.

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.

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Red dye #3 has been a known carcinogen for decades. It was banned in 1990 for cosmetic use under the Delaney Clause, a federal law that requires the FDA to ban food additives that are found to ...

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The health secretary used peer pressure to persuade food-makers to nix synthetic dyes. The candy industry is holding out, ...

Americans are increasingly demanding that chemicals and toxic food dyes be removed from items they consume, clean with, wear, ...