“We aren’t anywhere near this — no one is,” said one of the employees. The current and former staffers said one tool the FDA has piloted ... relief package. Background: Roughly half ...

House Energy and Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., also urged the FDA to ban Red No. 3, which is made from petroleum and gives food and drinks a bright cherry color.“ ...

Red No. 3, approved for use in foods in 1907, is made from petroleum. The FDA's move to ban the dye has been in the works for ...

Three buckets of Dubble Bubble bubble gum. The FDA announced Wednesday it will ban the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food products and ingested drugs, decades after it was banned in cosmetics and ...

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Officials cited a statute known as the Delaney Clause, which requires FDA to ban any additive found to cause cancer in people or animals. The dye is known as erythrosine, FD&C Red No. 3 or Red 3.

The FDA has said it doesn’t view the dye as harmful to people since the biological process through which the dye causes cancer in rats doesn’t occur in people. Also, humans consume red dye No ...

"There were no layoffs to scientists or food inspectors," FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary told CNN on Wednesday. Makary previously said in an April 17 interview with Megyn Kelly that there "were ...

The petition noted that the FDA said it would “take steps” to ban it, but at the time of the 2022 petition, “the agency has yet to delist FD&C Red No. 3 for these uses, and this carcinogen ...

In January, under the Biden administration, the FDA announced that it had banned the use of red dye No. 3 in ingested drugs, food and beverages. On Tuesday, Makary said the agency is requesting ...

The FDA is not prohibiting other artificial dyes, including Red No. 40, which has been linked to behavioral issues in children. The FDA’s decision is a victory for consumer advocacy groups and ...