The US Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers and retailers to not “eat, sell or serve” any of Diamond Shruumz-brand’s microdosing chocolate bars after people across four states were left hospitalized. Eight people reported falling ill after eating Diamond Shruumz’s chocolates, the FDA said in an advisory. Out of those eight, six people have been hospitalized. Those affected include four people in Arizona, two in Indiana, one in Nevada and one in Pennsylvania.
People who consumed the chocolate bars reported experiencing symptoms that include “seizures, central nervous system depression (loss of consciousness, confusion, sleepiness), agitation, abnormal heart rates, and hypertension, nausea and vomiting,” said the FDA.
No deaths linked to the products have been reported. Micro-dosing is the act of taking a small amount of psychedelic drugs like psilocybin mushrooms. People who micro-dose say these tiny doses can improve mood and concentration.
The FDA is currently investigating the illnesses alongside the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, America’s Poison Centers and their state and local partners.
CNN has reached out to Diamond Shruumz for comment but has not heard back by the time of publishing.
