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FDA bans Red 3 dye in food

US bans use of Red No.3 dye in food, drugs over potential cancer links

The U.S. on Wednesday banned the use of a synthetic food dye that gives some candies, cakes and certain oral medications a cherry-red color, following evidence that the dye causes cancer in laboratory rats.

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FDA bans red dye No. 3 from food, drinks and ingested drugs in the US

Red dye No. 3 has been permissible for use in food despite the Delaney Clause of the FDA’s Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The clause, in part, “prohibits the FDA from approving a color additive that is ingested if it causes cancer in animals or humans when ingested,” according to the agency .

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 7h

FDA Bans Artificial Dye Red 3 From Food

Consumer advocacy groups petitioned agency to restrict additive initially approved for use in 1969.

FDA proposes mandatory nutrition labels on front of packages

U.S. News & World Report · 17h

FDA Proposes New Front-of-Package Food Labels

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule requiring bold, easy-to-read nutrition labels on the front of food and beverage packages. These labels, which would highlight content of sugar,

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

FDA wants food companies to put nutrition labels on the front of packaging. Why?

The labels will also include new information about the product's level of saturated fat, sodium and added sugars, categorizing them as “low,” “medium,” or “high.”Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

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New FDA proposal would put 'front-of-package' nutrition labels on food products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration hopes "front-of-package" labeling will better improve the American population's health, the FDA announced.

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Biden administration moves to limit nicotine in cigarettes and certain other tobacco products

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing limits on the level of nicotine in cigarettes and some other types of ...

Save the Food and Drug Administration by breaking it up

Snake oil, it turns out, motivated the founding of the FDA. The term “snake oil” arose out of a controversy from the late ...

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Most online pharmacies are run illegally and could be selling dangerous or ineffective drugs, U.S. warns

Ninety-six percent of online pharmacies were found to violate the law, meaning they were operating without a license and ...

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FDA calls for lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes to non-addictive levels

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule would limit the level of nicotine in cigarettes and certain ...

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