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Cocaine cake a ‘joke in bad taste’

ARGENTINA: Carrefour Argentina has scrambled to reassure customers after a delicacy from a cake supplier listed “12 grams of cocaine” as an ingredient.

The French supermarket chain, which has more than 500 stores across Argentina, said it regretted what it called a “joke in bad taste,” apparently made by a worker at the supplier.