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Piranha Power Pack Nuts, a snack with cannabis substance, pulled from Singapore vending machines; CNB investigating

The Piranha Power Pack Nuts have been removed from vending machines.

The Piranha Power Pack Nuts have been removed from vending machines.

A snack marketed as containing a form of cannabis was found to have been recently put on sale in vending machines in Singapore, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said on Friday (Jan 6).

CNB has ordered the importer to remove the product, Piranha Power Pack Nuts, which is suspected to contain hemp seed flour derived from the Cannibis Sativa plant.

“The botanical name for the hemp plant is Cannabis Sativa. In other words, hemp is cannabis,” CNB said.

Manufacturers often use the term hemp to refer to a plant variety that has a very low amount of the psychoactive chemical substance tetrahydrocannabinol that is unlikely to produce any euphoric effects.

Nonetheless, cannabis and its derivatives are listed as Class ‘A’ controlled drugs in the first schedule of the Misuse of Drugs Act. 

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