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US FDA bans use of Red No. 3 dye in food & drugs due to potential cancer links
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Thursday, 16 January, 2025, 15 : 00 PM [IST]
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Maryland, USA
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The US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), has placed a ban on the use of synthetic food dye that gives candies, cakes and certain oral medications a cherry-red colour. US FDA banned the use of synthetic food dye Red No. 3, following evidence that the dye causes cancer in laboratory rats.
The ban by US FDA on the Red No. 3 dye in food items comes more than three decades after it was barred in cosmetics.
Consumer advocacy groups have been pushing for its ban for several years, including a petition in 2022 to review studies that show high exposure to the additive may cause cancer in male rats.
The US FDA, however, said studies in other animals and in humans did not show these effects and that available evidence does not support claims that the dye's use in food and oral drugs puts people at risk.
Manufacturers who use Red No. 3 in food have until January 15, 2027, to reformulate their products and ingested-drug makers have until January 18, 2028, to comply with the ban.
Source: Reuters
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