Public health officials received dozens of reports of THC-related symptoms after a restaurant in Stoughton accidentally served pizza laced with THC between Tuesday and Thursday.
Famous Yeti’s Pizza unintentionally used oil containing Delta-9 cannabis, which is the most abundant form of THC.
The restaurant operates in a building with a shared industrial kitchen, where businesses can make and store food. The worker making the pizza that day had run out of oil and went to the industrial kitchen to grab oil off the shelf of another operator.
The oil container looked like other cooking oils used for pizza, but the worker failed to read the label on the cap indicating it was Delta-9 cannabis-infused oil.
Late Thursday, Stoughton EMS contacted Public Health Madison & Dane County, as multiple people who had eaten at Famous Yeti’s had been transported to the hospital with similar symptoms.
THC-related symptoms include dizziness, increased blood pressure, nausea, anxiety and hallucinations, according to Public Health Madison & Dane County.
The dosage of THC in each slice of pizza is unknown and varies by piece.
The Delta-9 oil was a legally purchased product licensed through the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection. Since it comes from a hemp plant, it doesn’t face the same regulations as marijuana, which is banned for recreational use in Wisconsin.
“All we can ask for here is your forgiveness and your faith that we will do everything within our power to earn that trust and love back,” Famous Yeti’s Pizza owner Cale Ryan said in a statement on Facebook. “We have sought out all the info we can from the Health Department and the Police Department and are following all their suggestions and requirements to deter something like this from happening ever again.”
The post received dozens of kind comments thanking Ryan for his honesty and humility.
Famous Yeti’s Pizza is reopening today after taking Friday to deep clean the restaurant and purge all ingredients that could have been contaminated.
Public Health Madison & Dane County urge people who have been affected by the contaminated pizza to complete their questionnaire to help with their investigation. For more information on THC and poisoning, visit the CDC.
