A Win for Safer Foods: FDA Finally Bans Red Dye No. 3

In response to a 2022 color additive petition from consumer advocacy groups, the FDA has finally put a ban on the use of food dye no. 3, a synthetic food coloring linked to health risks like hyperactivity and cancer. Listen in this week as Dee discusses this long-overdue decision and what it means for your health. Reference: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2025, January 15). FDA to revoke authorization for the use of red no. 3 in food and ingested drugs. Link to our petition against this additive in 2011:

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A Win for Safer Foods: FDA Finally Bans Red Dye No. 3 is an episode from Diet Science by Dee and Michael McCaffrey.

This episode is 0:11:29 long.

This episode was published on Jan 19, 2025.

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