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

The FDA has banned red dye No. 3, as the synthetic additive is known to cause cancer. Nutritionists Ilana Muhlstein and Robin DeCicco discuss what this means for American health.

Red dye No. 3, also known by its fancy scientific name erythrosine, has been the secret behind that perfect red color in everything from your Valentine’s Day candy hearts to your strawberry ...

Over 35 years after the first study linking Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the US is beginning to wean it out of foods and drugs.

Food and drink manufacturers have two years to change recipes and formulas now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the synthetic food dye Red No. 3. Also known as erythrosine ...

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 ...