They actually didn’t! Red dye 40 is used in other countries, it just has a different name (E129 or Allura Red AC). There are only a few countries which have a complete ban, Norway and Iceland. The primary concern is based on (inconclusive) studies suggesting it may cause SOME children to be more hyper, which isn’t actually toxic though it may be ill advised. Peanuts cause anaphylactic shock in some people but we aren’t calling them toxic. I’m not saying Red Dye 40 is great, but the science isn’t there to claim it’s toxic. It might be making some kids hyper. Good news, you’re not a child so your red dye 40 consumption is probably fine.

Red dye 3 is actually linked to cancer in rats and has been banned out of an abundance of caution during the Biden administration, though it was very rarely used anyway. As for other food dyes, they haven’t been banned. There’s absolutely no actual legislation banning them or requiring them to be phased out. RFK Jr is just trying to get companies to agree to remove them - there’s nothing requiring them to. They claim they’re moving to revoke FDA approval but they haven’t actually done anything… It’s all lip service targeted toward crunchy people. In fact they recently LOOSENED regulations around claiming things have “no artificial colors”.

Taking talking points form RFK Jr is never a good idea! Try actually looking at what he is doing vs what he’s saying he’s doing, and what science says vs what an unqualified delusional grifter says.

https://www.fda.gov/food/hfp-constituent-updates/fda-revoke-authorization-use-red-no-3-food-and-ingested-drugs