{"id":3956,"date":"2023-05-10T09:44:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.pirg-test.com\/texas\/?post_type=article&p=3956"},"modified":"2023-05-10T09:44:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:44:06","slug":"why-is-red-dye-3-still-being-used-in-our-food","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/dev.pirg-test.com\/texas\/articles\/why-is-red-dye-3-still-being-used-in-our-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Red Dye #3 still being used in our food?"},"featured_media":47511,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":false,"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":""},"campaign_tax":[176],"display_option":[],"issue_tax":[],"person_tax":[],"region_tax":[],"state":[2,46],"topic_tax":[145,140],"class_list":["post-3956","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"helper_taxonomies":{"topics":[140,145],"collection":false,"press_type":false,"person_type":false,"resource_type":false,"event_type":false,"campaigns":176,"department":false,"level":false,"states":[2,46],"act_option":false,"display_option":false,"primary":{"topic":140}},"featured_image":47511,"caption_override":"","excerpt":"Thirty years after Red Dye #3 was banned from use in cosmetics, this toxic additive is still being used to, for example, make freeze pops a brighter red. That's nuts.","updated_on":null,"sidebar_action":[3953],"hide_hero_image":false,"sidebar_action_query_string":""},"helper_people_group":{"title":"Authors","entities":null},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will miss another deadline to get Red Dye #3 out of our food \u2014 even though we've known for decades the chemical is linked to cancer<\/a>.\r\n\r\nIf we want our decision-makers to address this serious health threat, we need to tell them to act now.\r\n

How bad is Red Dye #3?<\/h3>\r\nIn 2021 alone, the food and drug industries used more than 200,000 pounds<\/a> of Red Dye #3. Nearly 3,000 brand-name food products contain the additive \u2014 from Halloween candy and various other fruit-flavored treats to PediaSure's<\/a> Grow & Gain Kids' Ready-to-Drink strawberry shake.\r\n\r\nThat's a problem because there's a known link<\/a> between Red 3 and cancer in lab animal tests. And in fact, the FDA already banned Red 3 for use in externally applied drugs and cosmetics, all the way back in 1990<\/a>.\r\n\r\nSo why the decades-long delay in getting this toxic chemical out of our food products? Lobbying<\/a> by industry trade groups is a major factor \u2014 but we can still win protections for our families against Red Dye #3 by making sure the FDA hears the public's voice.\r\n

The FDA must act on Red 3<\/h3>\r\nSince 1960<\/a>, our nation's food laws have required<\/a> the FDA to not approve, or remove from approval, any food additives that cause cancer in humans or animals.\r\n\r\nIt's long past time for the FDA to do its job and get toxic Red 3 out of our food \u2014 and your voice will be crucial to making sure the FDA hears this call loud and clear.\r\n\r\nTell the FDA: Remove Red 3 from the list of approved color additives in foods, dietary supplements and oral medicines.<\/strong>","":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_large_image","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_large_image":{"width":"wide","image":"","caption_override":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"","":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_featured_action","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_featured_action":{"action":[3953],"action_query_string":""}}]},"yoast_head":"\nWhy is Red Dye #3 still being used in our food?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thirty years after Red Dye #3 was banned from use in cosmetics, this toxic additive is still being used to, for example, make freeze pops a brighter red. 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