US bans red food dye over cancer risk, 3 decades after banning it in cosmetics – Times of India
The outgoing Joe Biden government on Wednesday banned Red Dye No 3, a controversial food colouring long known to cause cancer in animals. The decision comes decades after scientific evidence found the risk and 30 years after it was banned from cosmetics.“FDA is revoking the authorized uses in food and ingested drugs of FD&C Red…