(NEXSTAR) – A colorful ingredient you may find in your pantry or medicine cabinet is now banned by the Food and Drug Administration.

Erythrosine, which is more likely to show up as FD&C Red No. 3 or Red 3 on an ingredients label, is a color additive in food products, dietary supplements, and medicines like cough syrup. It gives those products a bright red color.

The additive was shown to cause cancer in lab rats who were exposed to it at high levels. Even though studies........

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