Caribbean soft drink found to be contaminated with dangerous levels of cocaine.
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Caribbean soft drink found to be contaminated with dangerous levels of cocaine.
A Caribbean soft drink, labelled as Cole Cold Pear-D, has been found to be contaminated with dangerous levels of cocaine. The FSA was alerted to this following a death reported in Southampton, this is the subject of an investigation by Hampshire Police.
The presence of cocaine renders the product a very serious health risk. This makes the product unsafe for consumption under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002.
The product packaging lists the manufacturer's name as S.M. Jaleel & Co Ltd, Otaheite, Trinidad. However, the company has said that the Cole Cold Pear-D product has not been exported to the UK and that the label was last produced in September 2013 for the local Caribbean market.
Despite investigations by the enforcement authorities, it has not yet been possible to obtain any distribution details for this product. Investigations are ongoing.
http://food.gov.uk/enforcement/alerts/2013/dec/caribbean-soft-drink#.UqsLnyfDuSp
Cocaine pear juice death: Joromie Lewis 'wholly innocent'
A man who died after drinking a Caribbean pear juice drink laced with cocaine was "wholly innocent", police have said.
Detectives said Joromie Lewis, 33 worked for the company that imported the drink and had picked the bottle off a warehouse floor last Thursday.
He fell ill and died in hospital shortly afterwards.
Laboratory analysis showed the bottle of Cold Cole Pear-D contained a lethal amount of cocaine.
Hampshire Police said the bottle was part of a consignment brought into the company by the import-export company that employed Mr Lewis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-25365936
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