"The primary purpose of food dyes is to make candy, drinks, and other processed foods more attractive. When the function is purely aesthetic, why accept any cancer risk?" he said in a statement.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned Red ... is a color additive made from petroleum commonly used in candy, cakes and cupcakes, frozen desserts, frostings and icing, and certain ...

but perfectly legal to feed to children in the form of candy," said the group's president, Dr Peter Lurie, in a statement on Wednesday. Food manufacturers using red No 3 will have until January ...

However, due to its harmful ingredients, Congress passed the Food and Drugs Act six years later. After several children became ill from eating an orange Halloween candy containing Orange No.

15, 2027, according to a Food and Drug Administration document posted online. Red No. 3 is used in foods such as Brach’s candy corn from Ferrara Candy Co., Betty Crocker sprinkles from General Mills ...

You might have to say “goodbye” to some of your favorite candy and other processed foods if they contain an artificial coloring called Red No. 3. The Food and Drug Administration has ...

A food dye that gives candy, frosting, cookies and even some ingested medications their cherry-red color is banned in the U.S., including several products branded for Valentine's Day. The FDA ...

open image in gallery Red dye no. 3 gives many foods and drinks a distinctive cherry red color - such as Pez candy (AP) The ban removes it from the list of approved color additives in foods ...

The dye is still used in thousands of foods, including candy, cereals, cherries in fruit cocktails and strawberry-flavored milkshakes, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest ...