It’s found in everything from candy to fruit cups, but if California lawmakers get their way red dye No.3 will no longer be allowed in your food.

State lawmakers have voted to pass the California Food Safety Act. If signed by the governor, the bill would ban both the manufacture and sale of brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, and red dye No. 3 in California. The four chemicals are already illegal in the European Union and many other places around the world. The FDA has long banned red dye No. 3 from cosmetics because of studies showing it causes cancer in lab animals in high doses. Yet it’s still used to give foods and medicines a bright red hue. Studies have indicated that artificial food dyes are associated with behavioral problems

in children, including hyperactivity.

If it is enacted, it would mark the first time that a state has banned food additives that are permitted by the Food and Drug Administration. The bill will go into effect in 2027.