Houston-area candy manufactures react to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ban on red dye linked to cancer.

The FDA is banning the use of red dye no. 3. The ban means the dye is no longer an approved color additive for foods, supplements and medicines. East Texas food businesses have been getting ahead of it.

After decades of debate, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a ban on Red Dye No. 3, a synthetic food coloring that’s been linked to cancer in male lab rats. The decision comes after a petition filed in 2022 by advocacy groups,