FD&C Red No. 40, more commonly known as red 40, is making headlines again as lawmakers debate whether food dyes should remain legal in the United States. The dye, which has been registered with and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a plan to discontinue eight petroleum-based synthetic food dyes from the country’s food supply soon. The food dyes that will be phased out are ...

This week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that food companies in the U.S. have until January 15, 2027 to rid their products of Red Dye No. 3. (Drug manufacturers, meanwhile, have ...

West Virginia has outlawed foods that contain some artificial dyes or other additives, in one of the most comprehensive statewide bans of its kind. The move cites potentially harmful health effects ...

Many chemical food additives have been removed or banned from products in Europe because of health concerns, but remain in popular American products, according to the findings of an ABC11 I-Team ...

The FDA issued an order on Wednesday banning Red No. 3 from use in foods and ingestible drugs over concerns that the additive could cause cancer. This particular dye has been banned in cosmetics and ...

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In January 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a statement regarding plans to ban a commonly used food dye. In April 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced more ...

California fast food staple In-N-Out announced changes to some of its menu items, notably removing the food dye Red 40 from its pink lemonade. The burger chain said in a Facebook post that it has ...