A common food dye used in candies, cereals, condiments, chips, juices, and some dietary supplements and medicines is under scrutiny again some 50 years after its safety was first called into ...

It all starts with creating the powder, a process that dates back to 12th-century Japan. (The overall technique of drying, pulverizing, and then mixing whole tea leaves into water to drink dates ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red No. 3 last week, a dye that gives food and drink a bright, cherry-red color. The removal is in response to a color additive petition filed in ...

On January 16, the FDA banned the use of red dye #3 in food and ingested drugs, stating that it causes cancer in male rats but not in humans. This is being hailed as a victory for the Healthy Foods ...

Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned red dye No. 3, many people are criticizing or questioning the safety and the FDA’s allowance of red dye No. 40 and five other color ...