THE US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a ban of red dye no.3, which is found in food, drinks and ingested drugs and gives a cherry red colour.
The controversial dye was banned from use in lipstick and other topical products, such as pain relief ointments, in 1990.
It has been linked with cancer when fed in large quantities to male rats, though the effects have not been shown in humans and other animals.
It has already been mostly banned in Australia, where it is called E127, except in certain kinds of Maraschino cherries.
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