Health Canada recalls mislabelled cannabis oil sold in New Brunswick

A recall has been issued for a brand of cannabis oil that was sold at Cannabis NB stores in the province.

The product, sold by Ontario-based CannTrust Inc. under the brand "Liiv", may beincorrectly labelled as CBD or Cannabidioloil, when it was in fact THC ortetrahydrocannabinol oil, according to the federal department of Health.

Only the exterior box was labelled incorrectly, while the bottle itself was correctly labelled as containing THC.

Both CBD and THC are found naturally in cannabis, but only THC has psychoactive properties.

Marie-Andre Bolduc, a Cannabis NB spokesperson, told CBC News in an emailthat staff discovered the problem on Jan. 17 and "immediatelyinvestigated this shipment in all 20 stores, quarantined all Liiv THC oil in all of our stores and pulled the product from our online purchase option."

"After investigation of the shipment received on Jan.17, only two stores had received mislabelled products, impacting 50 units."

714 bottles sold

The mislabellingcould result in consumers who thought they were taking CBD oil for relief of inflammation or nausea, for example, gettinginadvertently high.

The Health Department said 714 units of mislabelled cannabis oil weresold in New Brunswick between Jan. 4 and Jan. 17.

According to the recall notice, no complaints or adverse reactions have been reported to Health Canada or CannTrust.

Bolduc called the recall a "precautionary measure."

Health Canada advised consumers to throw away the incorrectly labelled outside box.