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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned a chemical widely used to color some food products red. The ban of the coloring chemical, called dye, came nearly 35 years after it was removed from skin products because of a possible cancer risk. 

美国食品和药物管理局 (FDA) 已禁止使用一种广泛用于将某些食品染成红色的化学物质。这种名为染料的着色化学物质因可能存在癌症风险而被从皮肤产品中去除近 35 年后，该化学物质被禁止使用。 

A group of food safety and health supporters issued a petition in 2022 seeking to have the FDA ban Red No. 3 in food. 

一组食品安全和健康支持者在2022年发出了请愿书，试图在食品中获得FDA禁令3号。 

The earlier ban was ordered in 1990, after two studies showed Red No. 3 caused cancer in male rats eating high levels of the chemical. At the time, however, the FDA only acted to ban the coloring mixture in products put on the skin or in drugs taken by mouth. 

较早的禁令是在 1990 年下令实施的，当时两项研究表明，食用高浓度红色 3 号化学物质的雄性老鼠会患癌症。然而，当时 FDA 仅禁止在皮肤产品或口服药物中使用着色混合物。 

Health activists had long sought FDA approval to expand the ban to food products. In November, nearly two dozen members of Congress sent a letter demanding that FDA officials ban Red No. 3. 

健康活动家长期以来一直寻求FDA批准，将禁令扩展到食品。11月，近二十名国会议员发了一封信，要求FDA官员禁止3号红色。 

Some of the most common products containing Red No. 3 include sweets, icing, strawberry milk, maraschino cherries, strawberry protein drinks, as well as some gummy vitamins and medications. 

一些包含红色3号的最常见产品包括糖果，糖霜，草莓牛奶，maraschino樱桃，草莓蛋白饮料以及一些软糖维生素和药物。

The FDA said food manufacturers will have until January 2027 to remove the dye from their products. 

FDA表示，食品制造商必须在2027年1月之前从其产品中清除染料。 

Other countries still permit