It’s unlikely that you’d ingest either of the two synthetic food dyes—Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B—that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on April 22 it will ban in the coming months.
You’d only be at risk of the two dyes if you were to eat the peel of Florida oranges, which are often injected with Citrus Red No. 2 to make them more visually appealing to consumers, or if Orange B were currently produced—which it hasn’t been for decades.
