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<\/p>\nA CHRISTMAS market "mystery" chocolate has left "kids' eyeballs popping out their heads" as parents have revealed horror symptoms. <\/p>\n
Shocked parents said their children fell ill after ingesting the Cali-Gold chocolate bar sold at a festive market in Nottinghamshire. <\/p>\n
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The chocolate comes in a gold foil wrapper, with a peach and yellow card outer layer.<\/p>\n
The packaging says is from Venice,\u00a0California, and is\u00a0organic\u00a0and\u00a0fair trade.<\/p>\n
The product was being sold at Christmas stalls at the Mansfield Market.<\/p>\n
But after ten people fell ill, the Food Standards Agency urged to "not eat" the 70 per cent dark chocolate.<\/p>\n
A shocked dad has now revealed the horrible symptoms his children experienced after biting the chocolate bar. <\/p>\n He told the\u00a0Mansfield Chad\u00a0: "The kids had four or six squares and then half an hour later, they started to go funny. <\/p>\n "My youngest son was affected the worse. All four of my kids had their eyes popping out their heads, felt sick and giddy. <\/p>\n "I phoned the paramedics and they came out and rushed my youngest into A&E because of his symptoms."<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The Nottinghamshire Police are investigating the reports and have linked the chocolate with banned drugs. <\/p>\n Detective Inspector Luke Todd said: "Tests are in the process of being carried out but at present there is no evidence to support claims that the chocolate bars contained any illicit drugs.<\/p>\n \u201cA 63-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious substance and is assisting the police with our ongoing inquiries. <\/p>\n "The chocolate bars were reportedly sold in the orange \u2018Cali-Gold\u2019 boxes and golden wrappers pictured on Saturday (25 November) in Mansfield Market. <\/p>\n "Anyone who bought any of this chocolate or recognises the packaging in these images is asked to contact Nottinghamshire Police immediately on 101, quoting incident 180 of 26 November 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n Head of Incidents from the Food Standards Agency Tina Potter added: \u201cWe are working with local authorities, the UK Health<\/span> Security Agency and Nottinghamshire Police to investigate an incident following reports of illness after eating 'Cali-Gold' chocolate.<\/p>\n "If you have purchased \u2018Cali-Gold\u2019 chocolate from Mansfield Market in Nottinghamshire, you should not consume the product or give it to anyone else, and should hand it to the police. <\/p>\n "If you have already eaten it and developed symptoms, then you should urgently seek medical attention from your GP or walk in centre.\u201d<\/p>\n It comes as another dad\u00a0told\u00a0NottinghamshireLive\u00a0that he, his daughter, his two nephews, his niece and two of her friends had all eaten the\u00a0chocolate.<\/p>\n He said it "instantly" made several of them feel ill and "like they were on drugs".<\/p>\n The parent later added that his nephew had been taken to\u00a0hospital, and that he had had other messages about people being unwell after consuming the sweet treat.<\/p>\n Two weeks ago, a woman, believed to be from Mansfield, claimed that she and her husband had both fallen seriously ill and been admitted to\u00a0A&E\u00a0after eating organic chocolate from a gold packet.<\/p>\n In a\u00a0YouTube\u00a0video, she said her partner was hallucinating and acting drunk, and she felt delirious, was vomiting and fainting.<\/p>\n It is not known if they ate Cali-Gold chocolate.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/young-handsome-man-receiving-hair-862391948.jpg\")
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