Bottles of Moët & Chandon are being recalled; suspected ecstasy spike
This is after one death and 12 became ill after drinking the luxury champagne.
Food or alcohol poisoning is no joke.
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In this case, the only good news is that they were able to identify that Moët & Chandon Ice Impérial was the product making everyone sick.
Harald Georg Z (52) died after drinking a glass of the spiked luxury champagne, whilst eight others were left poisoned at a restaurant in Weiden, Germany, The Times reports.
Drug smugglers are suspected of lacing the bottles with the drugs, The Times added.
Dutch health authorities also shared that four people were hospitalised after sharing a bottle of Moët & Chandon in The Netherlands, according to the NL Times.
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The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority shared: "It is not known how the MDMA ended up in these bottles."
It added that all the spiked bottles were bought on an unknown website.
Therefore, the agency is unable to estimate how many bottles may have been tainted and who is at risk.
Police investigations found that "there was no champagne in the affected champagne bottle, but the chemical substance MDMA, which is often also referred to as ecstasy," said the police headquarters in Upper Palatinate on Tuesday, according to German news site Bild.
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A police spokeswoman described the liquid as "reddish-brown and quickly darkened."
A spokesman for The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority warned: "People should also not touch, let alone taste, the contents. Taking a small sip can be fatal."
All three-litre bottles of Moët & Chandon Ice Imperial with the serial number LAJ7QAB6780004 - do not consume!
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