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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially banned red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, dietary supplements and ingested medicines, as reported by the Associated ...

The Red 3 dye is also known as erythrosine or FD&C Red No. 3. The ban removes it from the list of approved colour additives in foods, dietary supplements and oral medicines, such as cough syrups.

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering food and drug makers to remove a dye called Red 3 from the products U.S.

Shoppers should always check food labels to see if an item they want to buy includes Red 3, which is also known as erythrosine and FD&C Red No. 3. These are some of the product categories where ...