Meth-Laced Candies has been unknowingly distributed by New Zealand Charity

Auckland City Mission, a nonprofit organization that assists the homeless in New Zealand, disclosed that it had inadvertently given out candies that contained fatal amounts of methamphetamine.

The public donated the “sealed retail-sized package” of Rinda brand pineapple sweets, which contained solid blocks of methamphetamine—more than 300 times the average human dose—according to the New Zealand Drug Foundation. The candy could be lethal if eaten.

A food parcel receiver reported to Auckland City Mission in a news release on Wednesday that they got “funny tasting” lollies. This prompted them to notify them to their concerns. “The NZ Drug Foundation examined lollies that were still on the property as a precaution. Testing revealed that the candies under investigation contained possibly lethal levels of methamphetamine.

Since the NZ Drug Foundation cannot confirm how “widespread” the infected candies are, it is advised that anyone who stumbles across Rinda brand pineapple lollies not to eat them. The Auckland City Mission states that they only accept gifts of commercially manufactured food, however the workers did not find the lollies strange at first. The charity declared, “To say we are devastated is an understatement.” “We are grateful to everyone who supports us, and we rely on the kindness of the public to help those in need.”

The Auckland City Mission has started reaching out to the 400 or so people they believe may have received the candy. Additionally, they have posted posters on all of their websites, warning tenants about the candies. Symptoms after ingesting meth include: chest pain, racing heart, seizures, or loss of consciousness, and other things.