People who are pregnant or who have “any medical conditions” should not eat the chip, nor should those who are sensitive or allergic to spicy foods, peppers, night shade plants or capsaicin, the compound in chili peppers that is responsible for burning and irritation. The packaging carries a prominent warning that the chip should be kept out of the reach of children and is intended only for adult consumption. Since this year’s chip was introduced last month, a new round of videos have circulated showing people begging for water, or shoveling ice cream into their mouths, after eating one. That language had been removed from the site by Wednesday. “How long can you last before you spiral out?” the Paqui website asked. Until Tuesday, marketing materials for the Paqui One Chip Challenge, which sells for $9.99, dared customers to wait as long as possible after eating the chip before eating or drinking anything, and then to post their reactions on social media. The Hershey Company bought Amplify, which is based in Austin, Texas, for $1.6 billion in 2017. “It would be inappropriate for us to speculate or comment further.” “We are deeply saddened by the news report and express our condolences to the family,” a Paqui spokeswoman, Kim Metcalfe, said in a statement. After The Boston Globe reported on the teenager’s death, the story spread to other local and national outlets. The Paqui “One Chip Challenge” has been criticized for making people sick in the past, but this is the first time someone has linked it to a fatality.
“It needs to be out of the market completely.” “I just want there to be an awareness for parents to know that it’s not safe,” Ms. Wolobah said she believed the chip had jeopardized her son’s health.
The cause of death was not immediately clear it will be up to 12 weeks before the results of an autopsy are available, Tim McGuirk, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, said.īut Ms. He had faced no underlying health conditions, she said. Wolobah said she took her son home, but after about two hours he passed out and was rushed to a hospital, where he died.
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