Over 35 years after the first study linking Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the US is beginning to wean it out of foods and drugs.
Over 9,000 food items are now being reworked after the FDA banned Red Dye 3. WHO13's Teodora Mitov reports on a local cotton candy company who is now making changes to their products.
Red 3 - also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127 - has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since its FDA approval in 1969 ...