Hard drug ecstasy could have made its way into bottles of champagne, the health authorities said.

The Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health warned the public on Friday that following information received through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed and following intoxications in other member states, of the possible presence of hard drug MDMA (ecstasy) in bottles of champagne ‘Moët & Chandon Impérial Ice 3l’ that are sold online from private individuals.

There are currently no incidents reported in Malta however the Environmental Health Directorate is closely monitoring the situation. It is believed that these bottles were tempered with as the corks do not correspond to the initial corks and the bottles may also been completely emptied of champagne and then filled with pure liquid MDMA. We kindly ask consumers who have purchased this product online to not to consume such product. 

The 3 litre bottles in question have lot numbers "LAJ7QAB6780004" and may potentially contain MDMA (ecstasy).