By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned Red Dye No. 3 from food, beverages and drugs. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, which brought the petition to ban red No.
Red dye No. 3 has been permissible for use in food despite the Delaney Clause of the FDA’s Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The clause, in part, “prohibits the FDA from approving a color additive that is ingested if it causes cancer in animals or humans when ingested,” according to the agency .
Because the artificial dye is prohibited in the E.U. and elsewhere, many food and beverage makers already have recipes without it that they can use for U.S consumers.
Made from petroleum and chemically known as erythrosine, red dye No. 3 is a synthetic color additive used to give foods and beverages a cherry-red color.
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