The FDA has revoked the authorization to use Red Dye No. 3 in food and drug products, giving manufacturers until January 15, 2027, or January 18, 2028, to reformulate their products.
Dried fruit has long been used as a source of vitamins and minerals that can last year-round. There are records of the Persian and Arab cultures enjoying dried apricots more than a thousand years ago.
They do so by piercing the plants' stems, leaves, and fruit with their mouthparts, sucking up the fluids within. However, the damage this feeding method causes has led the bugs to be considered ...