FILE - A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 10, 2020. According to research published Sunday, April 7, 2024, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval by the FDA, meant to give patients early access to promising drugs, do not demonstrate such benefits within five years. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food, beverages and ingested drug.
This comes more than three decades after scientists linked the dye to cancer in animals.
Red Dye No. 3 is a synthetic color additive made from petroleum used to give foods and drinks a bright red color.
Manufacturers using it in food have until January 2027 to reformulate their products.
