(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 have not shown the same effect in people exposed to Red 3, a statute known as the Delaney Clause requires the FDA to ban any additive........

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