The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 15, 2025 announced a ban on Red Dye No.
3, a controversial food coloring long known to cause cancer in animals, decades after scientific evidence first raised alarm.
(Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)] ‘The FDA cannot authorize a food additive or color additive if it has been found to cause cancer in human or animals,’ stated the FDA’s deputy director for human foods, Jim Jones.
(Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)] The FDA in its announcement noted that the way the dye caused cancer in the male rats ‘does not occur in humans’ and that the exposure levels to the additive in humans are ‘typically much lower than those that cause the effects shown in male rats’.
Red dye used in over 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.
