A Food Dye Ban Would Affect These Common Shopping Basket Items Published Apr 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM EDT Updated Apr 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM EDT By Dan Cody ...

What is Red 40? A candy ingredients label featuring artificial food dyes including colors Red 40, Blue 2, and Yellow 5 is shown on Dec. 16, 2024, in Atlanta.

"There's no nutritional reason to put food dyes in (food and drink)," said Slavin. Until recently, the FDA had approved nine artificial food dyes: Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Orange B, Red 2, Red 3 ...

Manufacturers who use Red No. 3 in food have until Jan. 15, 2027, to reformulate their products, and ingested-drug makers have until Jan. 18, 2028, to comply with the ban.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a ban this week on red dye No. 3, or erythrosine, from foods and oral medications due to a potential cancer risk. Food manufacturers have ...

Jan. 15, 2024 – A long controversial red food dye called FD&C Red No. 3 will finally be banned by the FDA. The coloring, which is used in thousands of products, is often written on product ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned Red 3 dye from the U.S. food supply on Wednesday. It came as welcome news to food safety advocates who have expressed ...

While the group has highlighted Red 3's link to cancer in pushes to ban the additive, it is concerned over a different health concern — the possibility that artificial food dyes could be causing ...

Nine dyes, including Red 3, have been allowed in U.S. food. The other common color additives in food are Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6.

The eight remaining approved dyes include Blue No. 1, Blue No. 2, Green No. 3, Orange B, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6 and Citrus Red − all used to give food, drinks and ingested drugs bright colors.

Nine dyes, including Red 3, have been allowed in U.S. food. The other common color additives in food are Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6. Two permitted colors are used more ...