JD Supra

FDA Color Additive Scrutiny Expands to Pharmaceuticals

FDA’s draft guidance outlines a flexible approach that, under certain circumstances, allows applicants and manufacturers to replace a color additive in an approved or marketed drug product with one ...
JD Supra

FDA Extends Scrutiny Over Color Additives Beyond Food to Drug Products

FDA’s recent focus on potentially harmful color additives in food products has expanded to the pharmaceutical sector. In May 2025, FDA issued a draft guidance titled Replacing Color Additives in ...
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After push to remove artificial coloring, FDA approves 3 natural food dyes

APP. FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT, THERE’S A FEDERAL BAN ON RED DYE. NUMBER THREE, THAT’S THE INGREDIENT THAT CREATES A BRIGHT CHERRY RED COLOR WHEN IT’S ADDED TO FOOD AND TO DRINKS AND TO DRUGS. BUT ...
Washington Examiner

Mars stops using color additive in Skittles highlighted by MAHA as major concern

The company that produces Skittles has stopped adding titanium dioxide, a color additive, to the popular candy. This additive was previously banned in the European Union in 2022 due to possible health ...
WLWT

After push to remove artificial coloring, FDA approves 3 natural food dyes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved three new color additives from natural sources “that will expand the palette of available colors from natural sources for manufacturers to safely use ...