The food coloring has been linked to thyroid cancer in rats and is already banned in parts of Europe, Asia and certain US ...

The momentum to ban these additives partly stems from the Delaney Clause, a law enacted in 1958. The clause states that any ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned ... The agency said it was taking the action because studies found that the dye, also known as erythrosine, caused cancer in lab rats.

Puskar / AP) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned ... was taking the action because studies found that the dye, also known as erythrosine, caused cancer in lab rats. A federal statute ...

That brings us to the recent move to ban Red No. 3 (also known as erythrosine, Red Dye No. 3, Red Dye 3, FD&C Red No. 3) is a synthetic dye used in food and medications to give a bright red or ...

The classification of the recall, due to Yellow 5, comes after the FDA banned the dye known as Red 3 from the nation’s food supply. Red 3 has often been used in candies, cough syrup, baked goods, and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red Dye No. 3 from food, beverages and drugs on Jan. 15. The Center for Science ...

Food additives such as dyes are tested rigorously ... That's exactly what happened in the case of Red Dye No. 3, or erythrosine, banned in January. The backing for the move stemmed from a faulty ...