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FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 From Food, Beverages and Ingested Drugs, Citing Link to Cancer in Lab Rats
The synthetic additive found in thousands of food products will now be phased out by 2027, but advocates say the agency's ...
FDA Changes Food Safety Protocol for Fresh and Frozen Berries
The FDA just announced changes to help make berries sold in the U.S. safer to eat, lowering the odds you’ll get norovirus or ...
Why is the FDA slow to ban food additives?
Red Dye No. 3 is a "color additive made from petroleum," which "could previously be used in foods in small amounts as ...
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Government Accountability Office finds problems with FDA inspection rates
In response to a report from the Government Accountability Office, the FDA says the biggest stumbling block to conducting ...
Federal regulations paused, halting FDA's proposed ban on formaldehyde in hair products
Over the years, an increasing number of studies have linked formaldehyde to cancers that are especially prevalent among Black ...
Food companies want to confuse consumers. The FDA must push back.
Food companies criticize the science supporting front-of-package labeling, delay public consultation periods, push for their ...
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Three former FDA officials: Here’s what Trump and his nominees need to know
The FDA is the leading science-based consumer protection agency in the world. Three former senior officials write about what ...
Trump administration directs federal health agencies to pause communications
Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to pause external ...
FDA approves Johnson & Johnson’s ketamine-derived nasal spray for depression as standalone treatment
The announcement was welcome news for those with major depressive disorder, affecting an estimated 8.3% of the adult ...
More than a dozen cats dead or sickened by bird flu in raw pet food, FDA says
More than a dozen cats have been killed or sickened by bird flu that is spreading in raw food products, the Food and Drug Administration says, prompting a federal probe into how the virus got into the ...
How food brands and drugmakers are responding to FDA's ban of food dye Red 3
Companies say they are working to update their products to comply with the Food and Drug Administration's decision Wednesday to ban the artificial food dye Red 3, after the agency said it was revoking ...