‘Contaminated’ spinach makes people hallucinate in Sydney

Well being authorities in Australia have mentioned 9 individuals in Sydney suffered “poisonous reactions” – together with hallucinations – from a batch of spinach thought to comprise an “unintended contaminant”. 

New South Wales Well being mentioned on Friday that individuals from 4 completely different households wanted medical consideration following “potential food-related poisonous reactions” brought on by tainted Riviera Farms spinach purchased at wholesale big Costco.

Well being officers say preliminary investigations recommend the reactions have been brought on by the presence of “an unintended contaminant within the meals product”.

The well being authority warned of “extreme” potential signs related to consuming the spinach, together with delirium or confusion, hallucinations, speedy heartbeat and blurred imaginative and prescient.

Officers say the child spinach purchased at Costco with an expiration date of December 16, “will not be protected to eat and individuals who have it ought to throw it out”.

NSW Poisons Data Centre medical director Dr Darren Roberts was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald as saying that some sufferers have been nonetheless unwell greater than a day after the onset of signs.

“The sufferers which were fairly unwell have been to the purpose of marked hallucinations the place they’re seeing issues that are not there,” he mentioned.

“They’ll’t give a great recount of what occurred.

“Nobody has died, so we’re very pleased with that and we hope it stays that method, however these persons are fairly sick.”

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