The ban on the sale of cotton candy (‘Peechu Mithai’) in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry imposed last week has set alarm bells ringing in Andhra Pradesh, too, where the government has instructed officials in all the districts to collect samples and send them for testing.
Tamil Nadu imposed a ban after the industrial dye Rhodamine-B was found in the cotton candy samples they tested.
Speaking to The Hindu, Health and State Food Safety Commissioner J. Nivas said the samples will be sent for testing this week, and based on the test results, a decision on its ban will be made.
