The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially banned red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, dietary supplements and ingested medicines, as reported on Wednesday.

3 in food and ingested drugs on Wednesday, more than 30 years after the additive was found to cause cancer in rats. Advocates have been calling on the FDA to ban the additive for years.

FDA officials have telegraphed the decision for months. While the agency has long said that it did not think evidence of Red 3 causing cancer applied to humans, officials said their hand was forced by ...

“Evidence shows cancer in laboratory male rats exposed to high levels of FD&C Red No. 3.” The FDA noted that the cancer found in rats during the testing is not found in humans, due to “a rat ...

The agency said it was taking the action as a “matter of law” because some studies have found that the dye caused cancer in lab rats. Officials cited a statute known as the Delaney Clause ...