U.S. health officials have banned Red Dye No. 3 from American foods, decades after the synthetic coloring was banned in Europe. As VOA’s Dora Mekouar reports, studies have linked the bright red ...

The dye, which has been registered with and regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since 1971, is used by food manufacturers to achieve a bright red color. Amid a cultural push of ...

“The FDA should act quickly to protect the nation’s youth from this harmful dye, used simply to give food and drinks a bright red color,” the letter said. “No aesthetic reason could ...

Some of the products we checked contain more than one dye: Red No. 3, Red No. 40 and Yellow No. 6. While appearing bright red, Pender’s Red Hots do not list a food dye among the ingredients.