After the recent ban on Red Dye 3, food manufacturers are turning to FDA-approved dyes like Red Dye 40. But is Red 40 safe?

Red dye No. 3 is officially banned in the United States. The announcement has raised concerns about the safety of other food ...

The FDA’s move comes more than a year after California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the California Food Safety Act, which bans ...

Made from petroleum and chemically known as erythrosine, red dye No. 3 is a synthetic color additive used to give foods and ...

This week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that food companies in the U.S. have until January 15, 2027 to rid their products of Red Dye No. 3. (Drug manufacturers, meanwhile, have ...

Lefferts was closely involved with a push by the Center for Science in the Public Interest for the FDA to curb use of ...

With an FDA ban on Red No. 3 underway, consumers may be seeking alternatives to the potentially harmful color additive.

According to a report by CBS, the FDA has not yet reevaluated Red 40 to know whether it is safe to consume for over a decade. As there have been emerging concerns about the potential health effects of ...

The move comes nearly 35 years after the dye was barred from cosmetics such as lipsticks because of potential cancer risk.

RELATED: What is Red 40? Synthetic food dye explained The move ... The report also concluded that federal levels for safe intake of food dyes at that time may not protect children's brain health.