A birthday party that took place in Rhode Island, USA, did not go exactly according to plan.
For six of the kids who participated, it ended with both vomiting and diarrhea after they had taken care of the birthday menu.
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The children, who were between one and eleven years old, had eaten a birthday cake decorated with rose gold glitter that was not edible, the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) informs in a new report.
Heavy metal poisoned
The cake was made by a local bakery and painted with a thick layer of glitter, mixed with butter extract, writes the news website Insider.
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“The symptoms and the appearance of the disease indicated heavy metal poisoning, and the cake cream was identified as the suspected source of poisoning,” writes CDC.
The State Department of Health found that the glitter used was labeled “inedible,” and contained large amounts of copper.
In fact, each piece had almost 900 mg of copper in the cream, which is more than a thousand times as much as the recommended daily intake.
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According to Pharmacy 1 namely, persons over 14 years of age shall not have more than 0.9 milligrams daily. Infants and children up to 13 years of age need 0.3 to 0.7 mg daily.
They further state that a varied, healthy Norwegian diet usually contains satisfactory amounts of copper, between 1 to 2 mg daily.
One-year-old lead poisoned
The incident happened in 2018, and most of the kids who became ill after the birthday party should have recovered after ten hours. However, one of the children had to go to the emergency room to receive treatment, Insider states.
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In May 2019, a one-year-old from Missouri was exposed to lead poisoning after eating her own birthday cake. The homemade cake was decorated with yellow and pink flowers, which were colored with a special toner.
A seller of the product had labeled the toner as a non-toxic way to decorate cakes and pastries. However, when the powder was tested, it was found to contain 250,000 ppm (25 percent) lead.
There is a big difference between edible glitter and decorative glitter. The glitter that had been used on both birthday cakes was marked “nontoxic”, ie “non-toxic” – but this does not mean that it is safe to eat.
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Must be labeled “edible”
Several different types of glitter and shimmer powder can be ordered online at various hobby and baking retailers. US authorities are now warning against buying glitter that is not labeled “edible”.
– Companies that make edible glitter and shimmer powder are obliged to label the product with a list of contents. Glitter that is safe to eat is normally labeled “edible”, they point out.
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The CDC further points out that some types of glitter used as decoration on cakes are not edible at all. These are often labeled “nontoxic” (non-toxic) or “should only be used for decoration”.
– With this type of glitter, it is the intention to remove it from the food before eating it, they emphasize.
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