The US Food and Drug Administration has revealed that it will looking into complaints that artificial food dyes can be linked to hyperactivity

The British government has already banned six artificial dyes to be used on food items while the European Union requires any food products using the six dyes to bear a warning of “adverse effect on children” on the packages.
“There are sometimes nine different dyes in a food product. Moms and dads will say, ‘Here’s a fruit roll-up, that must be healthy.’ But it’s filled with dyes. And emerging science suggests it’s a harm to children”, the Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Laura Anderko said.
Source-Medindia