The Washington Post, January 17th, 1987
THE COLOR RED is being readmitted to the M&M's community after a decade in exile. Those of a certain age (over about 14) may still recall the days when you could empty the pack of chocolate candies into your hand and see winking up at you a number of representatives of that most vivid and artificial of the artificial colors. But 10 years ago the medical misfortunes of a group of lab rats persuaded the Food and Drug Administration to ban a food coloring known as Red Dye No. 2 on the grounds it was carcinogenic. The Mars Candy Co. did not use Red Dye No. 2 to color its red M&M's, but it decided ...
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