Red 3 Food Dye Banned, Others Rebranded
The United States Food and Drug Administration took a small step toward protecting Americans’ health when it banned the artificial food dye known as Red 3 from the nation’s food supply in January. It set deadlines for stripping the brightly hued additive from candies, cough syrup, baked goods, frozen treats, and other ultra-processed food-like products. Synthetic dyes are petroleum-based […]