As written in this ACSH article, rats are not people, and because an experiment shows cancer in rats ... The FDA concurred and revoked its authorization to use red dye #3 as a color additive. However, ...
You may have heard in the news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will no longer allow the use of FD&C Red Dye No. 3 ...
Studies show that high doses could cause cancer in rats, but the regulators maintain that no evidence exists that ingesting the coloring causes cancer in humans.