The co-owner of a Wisconsin restaurant that sold pizza laced with THC, the chemical in marijuana, said he’s sorry.
The restaurant, Famous Yeti’s Pizza in Stoughton, shares storage space in a commercial kitchen used by other businesses.
“We want to assure you that all affected products have been destroyed. Famous Yeti’s is working closely with local authorities to improve our storage and security protocols to prevent this from happening again and to guarantee the safety of our customers. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience or harm caused,” co-owner Cale Ryan wrote Thursday on Facebook.
A Famous Yeti’s worker grabbed what looked like normal olive oil but didn’t notice the cap said it contained Delta-9, a chemical in cannabis. The oil isn’t used for food and is legal because it was derived from hemp as opposed to from marijuana, Public Health Madison & Dane County said in a release Friday.
The drugged pizza was inadvertently sold from 4:30 p.m. Tuesday until noon Thursday. Stoughton Fire and EMS took five people who ate the pizza to the hospital, health officials said.
First responders initially thought carbon monoxide was the culprit, but those who ate the pizza felt like they unknowingly took a marijuana edible.
“They get really stoned. They get intoxicated from the THC, so I think it’s more alarming than anything to feel that way,” Mr. Ryan told the Wisconsin State Journal.
