The FDA announced on Wednesday that it has banned the use of Red No. 3, an additive used to give food and drinks a cherry-red ...

"We have been saying for years that FDA is the rightful national regulatory decision maker and leader in food safety." All color additives must be approved by the FDA before they are used in food ...

The FDA said that other certified colors are used more commonly than red no. 3, with its use being limited to frosting, candy, icing, cakes, frozen desserts, cookies, cupcakes and some ingested drugs.

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

The Food and Drug Administration has revoked use of the synthetic dye Red No. 3 -- approved to provide color in food and ...

There are still 36 FDA-approved color additives, nine of which are synthetic. Some, such as Red No. 40, have also received scrutiny for potential health harms. Breakthroughs, discoveries ...

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 ...

The ban removes it from the list of approved color additives in foods, dietary supplements and oral medicines, such as cough syrups. More than three decades ago, the FDA declined to authorize use ...