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Powder In New Zealand Tobacco Not Cyanide But Sales Still Frozen
WELLINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The New Zealand units of British American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco said Tuesday that police have found no traces of cyanide in the white powder discovered in a packet of Port Royal brand tobacco.

Sales of roll-your-own tobacco remain frozen in New Zealand, however, until police testing is completed. "Unfortunately this experience highlights the real possibility of pranks against consumer product manufacturers both in New Zealand and overseas," the companies said.

The contaminated pack of tobacco was bought over the weekend by a man shopping at a New World supermarket in Tauranga, resulting in the closure of the store for four hours.