The German company Haribo is withdrawing in the Netherlands a lot of jelly beans after having found cannabis traces. These are the bags of a kilo of Happy Happy Cola F! ZZ, with expiration date in January 2026, and the firm has asked not to consume. Although the problem has been detected to date only in the Dutch market, all stocks of this series have been collected by caution. Several people have had dizziness after eating sweets, and the police have initiated an investigation. It is not clear, for the moment, if it is authentic bags or falsifications of very popular products. Its rubber bear in six colors is well known, although in the Netherlands the alarm refers to chucheías shaped like sugary bottle and tail flavor. A family from the province of Twente (to the east) alerted the police after an adult and two children were “quite bad” when ingesting them. They had dizziness and thought there was something strange in the bag. The police team analyzed the candies and found remains of cannabis. At the moment, the investigation is classified as relative to drugs to find out if the product has other substances associated. The package production code is L341-4002307906, it is not clear if there are more affected people because perhaps they have not related a possible discomfort with having taken these sweets. Once the Food Security and Consumer Products authority (NVWA, in its Dutch acronym) is informed, it made its own analysis. He also found traces of the drug and launched an alert on his website. There, he explains that “to date there are three identified packages” and is investigating what happened “in close collaboration with Haribo.” In a message sent by email, the firm emphasizes that “the security of our consumers is our top priority” and this incident is very seriously taken. ” He adds that the investigation “of a limited number of cases refers to a specific product in the eastern part of the Netherlands.” On his website, Haribo points out that “the rest of the products are safe for consumption”, and asks that the bags of the series in question are returned by mail “with the bank data (of the client) to receive a reimbursement of the amount.” Effect range: from euphoria to dizziness, and from sleep to anxiety. They also circulate on the Internet and can have similar forms to common sweets. In 2023, six children became ill in the Dutch city of The Hague after eating candies containing THC. In his case, it was not regular commercial products. According to the police, drug traffickers sometimes use children’s sweets as cover. (Tagstotranslate) Society
