Red No. 3. is commonly found in candy, gum and cookies, including Brach’s candy corn, Betty Crocker sprinkles and strawberry Ensure. It was banned for use in cosmetics and topical drugs in 1990.

More than 30 years ago the Food and Drug Administration told the cosmetics industry that it could no longer use an artificial color called FD&C Red No. 3, also known as Red Dye No. 3 and Red Dye 3.

Over 35 years after the first study linking the artificial food dye Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the U.S. is beginning to phase it out of foods and drugs.

This week in 1938, the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act was passed. An improvement on the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, it represented the first time that cosmetics were regulated at a federal level.

Overview: Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act history basics will be covered as will implementing FDA regulations relevant to the Food, Dietary Supplement and OTC Drug industries that have followed. Some ...