Is Red Dye 3 Banned? What Bakers Need to Check

Podcast: The Monégasque Table · MONÉGASQUE

Opublikowano: 2026-09-26

Is Red Dye 3 banned? Yes, by an FDA order dated January 15, 2025 — and the deadlines run to 2027 and 2028. Both halves of that sentence matter. The FDA revoked the authorization for FD&C Red No. 3 in food and in ingested drugs, but food manufacturers have until January 15, 2027 to reformulate and ingested drugs until January 18, 2028, and product manufactured before the effective date may still be legally on the market afterwards. The legal trigger is the Delaney Clause, enacted in 1960, which prohibits FDA authorization of a color additive found to induce cancer in humans or animals. What the FDA actually says about the evidence is...