Deadly 7Up laced with Meth Detected in Baja California

Authorities in California/Officials in Baja California said that bottles of 7Up contaminated with meth have been traced back to stores near the Mexico-U.S. border city of Mexicali.

The Baja California attorney general said that more than 77,000 bottles of the popular soda were recalled from the PepsiCo plant where they originated and area stores stopped selling the product to its customers. It's not yet clear how the meth made it into the soda but an investigation is underway, the attorney general noted in a statement.

In the U.S., Dr Pepper bottles 7Up but in Mexico, it's manufactured by PepsiCo. "None of the 7Up products sold in the U.S. are affected by the issue being reported in Mexico," a spokesperson for Dr Pepper Snapple Group told Az Central.

U.S. health workers suggest that tourists to the area skip the bright green bottles for something less potent. Anyone who may have ingested the tainted product should pay attention to symptoms such as nausea, an irregular heartbeat, difficulty breathing, a strange taste in the mouth or a burning sensation in the throat or stomach, according to a list produced by Banner Health. It also advises that people check their 7up bottles for broken seals, an off color, smell or taste and advises that any suspicious products be tossed out.