The officials said a restaurant cook ran out of oil, went into a shared commercial kitchen in the same building and mistakenly took a jug of oil off a shelf that contained Delta-9, a form of THC.
Pizza inadvertently laced with THC has apparently sickened dozens of people in the US state of Wisconsin.
Health officials in Dane County say Famous Yeti’s Pizza in Stoughton, about 30km southeast of Madison, served pizza contaminated with THC, the principal psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, from Monday through Thursday.
Paramedics alerted health officials on Thursday that they had transported five people who said they had gotten sick after eating pizza at the restaurant.
Health officials said they have received dozens of reports of people who got sick from the pizza and are still taking reports.
A full tally will be available in a final report, they said.
The officials said a restaurant cook ran out of oil, went into a shared commercial kitchen in the same building and mistakenly took a jug of oil off a shelf that contained Delta-9, a form of THC.
Marijuana is illegal in Wisconsin, but products such as THC derived from the hemp plant are legal.
Health officials said the oil in question can be used to make everything from cookies to condiments.
