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Red dye No. 3 banned from foods, U.S. regulator says

U.S. regulators have banned the additive red dye No. 3 from all food products after a study linked it to cancer in lab rats. The colouring was banned from cosmetics 30 years ago, but is still used in cereal, candy and other packaged food.

U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the additive called red dye No. 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety and health advocates, who urged the agency to revoke authorization for the substance that gives some candies, snack cakes and maraschino cherries a bright red hue.

The agency said it was taking the action as …