Posted on 09/24/2017 9:27:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Mexican authorities have removed the soft drink from shelves in the Mexicali area, just south of the California border, and are investigating how the drug made its way into the soda, according to a news release from the Baja California Health Department and a Facebook post from the Baja attorney general on Monday. The reported cases were in the Mexicali Valley, about 120 miles from San Diego.
Experts are warning travelers to the area to pay extra attention to whether the seals on their food and drinks are intact. Banner Health, which operates 28 hospitals in six U.S. states, says its toxicologists and emergency department physicians are on high alert following the reports of tampering.
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7Up products in the United States have not been contaminated, Chris Barnes, a spokesman for Dr Pepper Snapple Group, told AZ Central.
None of the 7Up products sold in the U.S. are affected by the issue being reported in Mexico, Barnes said. Dr Pepper Snapple owns and licenses the 7Up brand only in the U.S. and its territories. We do not market, sell or distribute the brand internationally.
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Mehico is not a safe place especially along the border and the dope growing regions in the Mountains.
But I guess you can't fix stupid.
No joke. Know what I’ve been doing for the last few years? Driving to America’s national parks. Mexico, what idiots are vacationing there? You couldn’t pay me to go.
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