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THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 60 illnesses, including 30 hospitalizations, have now been linked to eating Diamond Shruumz edibles, U.S. health officials reported.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted in an update issued Tuesday that of the people who got sick after eating the recalled chocolate bars, cones and gummies, one patient has died.



Those who fell ill reported seizures, agitation, abnormal heart rates and loss of consciousness. So far, 27 states have reported cases, but the CDC said it expects that number to grow. While the CDC hasn't disclosed how many of the cases have involved youths, at least two children have been hospitalized in Arizona, a spokesperson for the Banner Health system told CBS News .

Two more children were exposed to the product, but were deemed only "mild" cases. Banner Health was among the first to warn of the dangers posed by the Diamond Shruumz products, when patients were hospitalized after eating them, CBS News reported. "We've seen the same phenomenon of people eating the chocolate bar then seizing, losing consciousness and having to be intubated," Steve Dudley , head of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, told CBS News.

Late last month, the company that makes the edibles issued a full recall of all its products after discovering high levels of a mushroom toxin in the products. The recall was issued "because such products contain muscimol, a chemical found in mushrooms of the genus amanita.

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