The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has withdrawn a health warning relating to Haribo sweets.
At the end of May, NVWA published a warning because of the possible presence of cannabis in a batch of Haribo Happy Cola F!ZZ 1,000 grams with a best-before date of January 2026.
Dutch media reported several members of one family became ill after eating the sweets.
However, based on results from an investigation by the Netherlands Forensic Institute, NVWA said the alert can be cancelled.
The Netherlands Forensic Institute said no cannabis or related substances were found after testing supplied batches from the production or distribution process.
This finding differs from the result of indicative tests carried out by the police.
An investigation is underway involving the Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie) into why the children became unwell.
A notice on the European Commission’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) states that sweets came from Spain and were also distributed to Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
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