CDPH
Urges Consumers Not to Eat
PolkaDot Brand Mushroom Magic Blend Chocolate Bars ā
November 22, 2024
NR24-038
Mushroom Magic Blend Chocolate Bars
contain
illegal
psychoactive drugs putting
consumers at
risk
of
injury,
illness or
death ā
What You Need to Know: CDPH is warning consumers not to eat PolkaDot brand Mushroom Magic Blend Chocolate Bars. These products are adulterated with psychoactive drugs and can cause adverse health effects. Products were sold online and to retailers throughout California and possibly other states.
Sacramento ā The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is warning consumers not to eat PolkaDot brand Mushroom Magic Blend Chocolate Bars containing ingredients similar to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Schedule I drugs that contain
psychoactive chemicals.
These chocolate bars have the potential to cause severe adverse health effects such as illness, hospitalization, and/or death due to unintentional misuse and overuse, as well as interactions with other medications and underlying health conditions. These products should not be consumed and may be particularly dangerous to young children who could mistake them for regular chocolate bars.
While no illnesses have yet been reported, CDPH is concerned that individuals looking for psychedelic mushroom products for therapeutic effects, run the risk of serious or life-threatening illness if they consume this product.
What California is Doing:
CDPH and the San Diego County Sheriffās Department continue to investigate the PolkaDot brand chocolate bars that were labeled as containing an unsafe food additive, amanita muscaria, a type of mushroom. Laboratory testing determined that these chocolate bars contained an additional synthetic psychoactive drug. Over $3 million worth of PolkaDot brand chocolate bars were embargoed and voluntarily destroyed. The responsible firms may be subject to further enforcement action including civil or criminal penalties pending additional investigational work.
āThe California Department of Public Health appreciates the joint investigative work conducted with the San Diego County Sheriffās Office. Partnerships like this play a big role in the CDPHās efforts to protect the public from foods that may be
unsafe,ā āāsaid CDPH Director and State Public Health Officer, Dr. TomĆ”s J. AragĆ³n.
The adulterated chocolate bars were 2.1 ounces each and produced in multiple flavors. The following flavors were laboratory tested and determined to be adulterated:
These chocolate bars were sold to retailers such as smoke shops and online directly by the manufacturer. Distributiāon throughout California and into other states is likely. ā