Ingredient used in more than 9,200 processed foods and drinks banned for link to cancer
A synthetic red dye used in thousands of food and drink products has been banned by US officials after being linked to cancer ...
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FDA Bans Red No. 3 from Food and Drinks, Citing Cancer Risks
The artificial food dye can be found in candy, beverages, chips and other packaged foods — often consumed by children.
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US bans popular red dye from foods — 35 years after it was banned in cosmetics
Red No. 3. is commonly found in candy, gum, and cookies, including Brach’s candy corn, Betty Crocker sprinkles, and strawberry Ensure over links to cancer.
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FDA bans controversial red dye found in candy, drinks and snacks
Studies show that high doses could cause cancer in rats, but the regulators maintain that no evidence exists that ingesting ...
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Health watchdog warns of 3 other food additives linked to cancer following red dye ban
The move came following a a petition from the Center for Science in the Public Interest and 23 other organizations ... to high levels of Red No. 3 got cancer. But CSPI’s Principal Scientist ...
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FDA bans food dye Red 3, citing concern over cancer in some animals
When the function is purely aesthetic, why accept any cancer risk?" said Dr. Peter Lurie, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, in a statement. While the group has highlighted ...
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FDA bans red food dye due to potential cancer risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially banned red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, dietary ...
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FDA bans red dye No. 3 from food, drinks and ingested drugs in the US
Red dye No. 3 has been permissible for use in food despite the Delaney Clause of the FDA’s Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ...
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FDA Finally Bans Cancer-Linked Dye Used In Cakes, Candies, and Cherries
After decades of debate, the FDA has finally banned Red Dye No. 3, a synthetic food coloring linked to cancer in rats.
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Surgeon general wants warning label on alcohol, citing high number of cancer deaths
People who eat plant-based diets have the lowest rates of cancer, the Mayo Clinic said. While nongovernmental organizations like the Center for Science in the Public Interest have praised the ...
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After a Red No. 3 ban, could other food additives be cut the same way?
Food dye Red No. 3 has been banned by the FDA. Are there other food additives that could soon be forbidden the same way?