Why are Indian states banning candy floss?

Can candy floss give you cancer well a state in India is Banning the sweet treat because a cancer causing chemical was present when it was sent to the lab for testing the chemical rodamine B is used in certain places to give candy floss its bright pink color and it’s

Also used to die cloes and cosmetics Studies have shown that it can increase the risk of getting cancer which is why it’s illegal to use it as a food D in Europe so candy floss in the UK doesn’t have this chemical but in Tamil Nadu

You’ll no longer be able to buy or sell candy floss their health Minister said using rodamine b as a food additive will now be punishable under the food safety and standards act 2006 and other Indian States could soon be doing the same thing

The Indian state Tamil Nadu is banning the sale of candy floss after a cancer-causing chemical was present when it was sent to the lab for testing. #CottonCandy #CandyFloss #TamilNadu #India #C4News

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13 comments

  1. Yet there’s no enforcement of safety standards for food vendors in India. Might want to get their priorities straightened.

  3. So in one scentence we're saying they outright bannded candyfloss but then the next were saying Rhodamine B has been banned as a food additive the same as it already is in Europe. Why is this news worthy? Can candyfloss give you cancer? answer it's no different to any other food. Can Rhodamine B give you cancer? Answer: it is thought likely to increase the risk of cancer and it's not reccomended for human consumptiopn. It's a bit like saying "Can Tea give you arsenic poisoning" No but if you put arsenic in it then yes but you wouldn't ban tea on the off chance someone might put arsenic in it. This is such over hyped drivel and I expected better from channel 4

  5. Wonder if they banned alcohol as well, as alcohol has been proven to increase your chances of getting cancer.

  11. Ghandi threw British out was a nasy fascist who believed in fate and the "trickle down system" that means the poor living off the crumbs from the tables of the rich. If Brits were still there the safety of peoplebwould have been much better. Same when Nationalist like Hitler were voted in by black people to throw British out and their Nazi leaders promised the African people Utopia instead of a mess of starving people drinking dirty water and collapsed infrastruture that we brought to Africa along with modern farming that is now going down the plug hole as well.

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