In November, 2019, a Chinese student in Italy was fined 40 euros (US$48) for cooking luosifen at home after his neighbour called the police suspecting there was a bioweapon in the house, the Beijing Evening News reported....Last year, the revenue from pre-packed luosifen made by factories in Liuzhou reached 11 billion yuan (US$1.7 billion), state media CCTV reports.
Popular enough that KFC offers a version.