In what could be seen as a pre-Inauguration Day victory for President-elect Donald Trump and his Make America Health Again (MAHA) agenda, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a ban on the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food products and ingested medications.
Red Dye No. 3, which is also known as erythrosine, has long been a common additive in a variety of food items, giving foods like candy, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, frozen desserts, frostings, and certain ingested drugs a bright cherry-red color.
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The FDA, in making the announcement, cited studies liking the synthetic dye to cancer in laboratory animals. The decision comes more than three decades after the dye was prohibited from being used in cosmetics and topical drugs due to concerns it…
