We need to round these up as quickly as we can,
Drug importation is complex, and organised criminal groups use a range of measures and techniques to try and evade enforcement agencies, not only in New Zealand, but around the world,
You could have only a very small touch or lick of the substance and still be deeply affected,
There is a potential for New Zealand that there is a lethal substance dressed up as a lolly (sweet),
We suspect somebody hasn't intentionally sought to poison children. It will be up to police to determine,
A common dose to swallow is between 10-25mg so this contaminated lolly contained up to 300 doses,
Swallowing that much methamphetamine is extremely dangerous and could result in death,
An investigation is under way, and police are treating the matter as a priority given the risk to the public,
To say that we are devastated in an understatement,
We want to make it clear that Rinda Food Industries does not use or condone the use of any illegal drugs in our products,
We don't know how widespread these contaminated lollies are, so we recommend not eating any Rinda brand pineapple lollies if you have them,
Tests confirmed that the lollies tested contained potentially lethal levels of methamphetamine,
I am absolutely devastated at this turn of events,
The Mission only accepts commercially manufactured food for inclusion in food parcels and the [candy] appeared as such when donated,
Our initial enquiries have established that the food items concerned - Rinda brand pineapple lollies - may have been distributed to food parcel recipients over the last several weeks,