In a recent development, officials from the Telangana State Food Laboratory uncovered a disturbing finding at the Medaram Jatara site—a stock of cotton candy, known as “peechu mithai” in Telugu, laced with a potent carcinogen called Rhodamine B. This banned substance, an industrial dye, poses significant health risks and has sparked concerns about food safety practices in the region. G. Laxmi Narayana Reddy, Head of the State Food Laboratory and Chief Public...