{"id":3449,"date":"2025-03-11T07:18:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T12:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2025-02-14T09:44:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:44:31","slug":"fda-bans-red-no-3-the-artificial-coloring-in-many-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/fda-bans-red-no-3-the-artificial-coloring-in-many-products\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Bans Red No. 3, the Artificial Coloring in Many Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-3270956_640-e1739031721374.jpg\" alt=\"red-3270956_640-e1739031721374\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-3270956_640-e1739031721374.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-3270956_640-e1739031721374-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-3270956_640-e1739031721374-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Red No. 3 is used as bright red artificial coloring in candy, cereal, fruit cocktails, strawberry-flavored milkshakes, and other foods and beverages. It\u2019s ubiquitous. And so it\u2019s alarming that data has surfaced that the dye can cause cancer in lab animals; specifically, evidence reveals that lab male rats exposed to heightened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/fda-bans-red-no-3-artificial-coloring-beverages-candy-rcna185479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red No. 3 levels<\/a> developed cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA recently banned use of Red No. 3, but the Center for Science in the Public Interest has commented that it exists in thousands of\u2014a whopping 9200\u2014products. Notably, the FDA isn\u2019t banning Red No. 40, another artificial dye linked to problems, specifically behavioral ones, in kids.<\/p>\n<p>Food manufacturers can take until Jan. 15, 2027, to reformulate their products, which means consumers should be alert to ingredient lists and avoid products with Red No. 3. Those manufacturers of ingested drugs that include Red No. 3 such as supplements have until January 15, 2028.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/fda-bans-red-no-3-the-artificial-coloring-in-many-products\/#more-3449\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red No. 3 is used as bright red artificial coloring in candy, cereal, fruit cocktails, strawberry-flavored milkshakes, and other foods and beverages. It\u2019s ubiquitous. And so it\u2019s alarming that data has surfaced that the dye can cause cancer in lab animals; specifically, evidence reveals that lab male rats exposed to heightened Red No. 3 levels [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-safety"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FDA Bans Red No. 3, the Artificial Coloring in Many Products &#8212; Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog &#8212; March 11, 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Red No. 3 is used as bright red artificial coloring in candy, cereal, fruit cocktails, strawberry-flavored milkshakes, and other foods and beverages. 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