FDA Red Dye No. 3 ban takes two years to go into effect, but some are already ditching it today

Agency was legally required to ban dye 35 years ago

The FDA has finally banned Red Dye No. 3, an artificial food coloring (known as erythrosine in other countries), from foods, supplements, and ingested drugs. This comes after banning it from cosmetics and topical drugs in 1990, 35 years ago, and following California’s recent ban of several artificial fo…