It's getting worse:

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/food-warnings/woolworths-recalls-two-prod...





A batch of toxic spinach that has caused hallucinations and fever in almost 50 people has now been urgently recalled from a major supermarket.


Madeleine Achenza and Eli Green
less than 2 min read
December 17, 2022 - 2:15PM



A third supermarket has been added to the list of sites where a toxic batch of spinach
has been recalled after almost 50 people fell ill after eating it.

Aldi has recalled 450g packets of The Fresh Salad Co-branded Fresh & Fast Stir Fry sold in stores across Victoria.

It includes all products with use by dates of up to and including December 24.

To date, as part of the ongoing investigation, there are 47 people in NSW who have reported symptoms after eating baby spinach.

More than a third of these (at least 17) have sought medical attention.

Earlier this morning, residents in Victoria, New South Wales, ACT and Queensland were urged to immediately throw away two products containing the toxic leaf.

The two products are the Woolworths Chicken Cobb Salad 270g (ID 218366) with use by dates of December 2 and the Woolworths Chickpea Falafel 290g (ID 218371) with use by dates of December 20 and December 22.


On Friday, NSW residents were urged to throw out spinach products bought from Costco after a number of cases of “possible food-related toxic reactions”.

NSW Health warned that Riviera Farms-branded baby spinach should not be eaten, as the product is “not safe to consume”.

There have been nine people from four unrelated households across Sydney who have required medical treatment after developing poisoning having eating the product.

Dr Darren Roberts from the NSW Poisons Information Centre, told the Sydney Morning Herald those affected had been “quite sick”.

Bobby. wrote on Dec 17^th, 2022 at 3:51pm:


Kids will never have to eat spinach again.

"Mum, if you make me eat that spinach and I die, how would you be able to live with yourself?"

Ayn Marx wrote on Dec 17^th, 2022 at 7:20pm:


One of my favourite quick fry-up combinations: spinach and mushrooms with some rice.

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/people-are-becoming-sick-enough-that-t...


    Australia News



Six states and territories have now been caught up in the recall of potentially “hallucinogenic” spinach products as Coles became the fourth major supermarket to pull the item from the shelves with almost 100 people falling ill.

December 18, 2022 - 12:50PM



The supermarket giant is recalling the following items all with use by dates between December 17, 2022 up to and including December 23, 2022.

    Coles Spinach 60g,120g (UBD 23 DEC, NSW), 280g (UBD 23 DEC, VIC only)
    Coles Chef Blend Tender Leaf 150g (UBD 22 DEC, VIC, NSW, SA, NT only) 
    Coles Baby Leaf Blend 300g (UBD 22 DEC, VIC, NSW, SA, NT only)
    Coles Kitchen Green Goddess Salad 250g, 300g
    Coles Kitchen Chicken BLT Salad Bowl 240g
    Coles Kitchen Roast Pumpkin, Fetta & Walnut Salad 265g
    Coles Kitchen Smokey Mexican Salad 280g
    Coles Kitchen Egg and Spinach Pots 100g

The other products which have been recalled include:

    Riviera Fresh – Riviera Farms Baby Spinach
    Fresh Salad Co – Fresh and Fast Stir Fry
    Woolworths Chicken Cobb Salad 270g (ID 218366) with use by dates of 20 December
    Woolworths Chickpea Falafel 290g (ID 218371) with use by dates of 20 December and 22 December
    Fresh Salad Co’s Fresh and Fast Stir fry mix 450g, with a use-by date of December 24.
    All Rivera Farms baby spinach products with a best before date up to, and including, 28 December 2022. 

 “ It’s really very serious. People are becoming sick enough that they need to go to hospital,” Dr Darren Roberts from NSW Poisons Information Centre told Sky News Australia on Sunday.

Thanks Greggy.




Datura stramonium

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"Jimson Weed" redirects here. For the painting by Georgia O'Keeffe, see Jimson Weed (painting).
Not to be confused with Solanum incanum, also known by the common name thorn apple.
Jimsonweed

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom:      Plantae
Clade:      Tracheophytes
Clade:      Angiosperms
Clade:      Eudicots
Clade:      Asterids
Order:      Solanales
Family:      Solanaceae
Genus:      Datura
Species:      D. stramonium
Binomial name
Datura stramonium
L.
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy

Datura stramonium, known by the common names thorn apple, jimsonweed (jimson weed), devil's snare, or devil's trumpet,[2] is a poisonous flowering plant of the nightshade family Solanaceae. It is a species belonging to the Datura genus and Daturae tribe.[3] Its likely origin was in Central America,[2][4] and it has been introduced in many world regions.[5][6][7] It is an aggressive invasive weed in temperate climates across the world.[2] D. stramonium has frequently been employed in traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments. It has also been used as a hallucinogen (of the anticholinergic/antimuscarinic, deliriant type), taken entheogenically to cause intense, sacred or occult visions.[2][8] It is unlikely ever to become a major drug of abuse owing to effects upon both mind and body frequently perceived as being highly unpleasant, giving rise to a state of profound and long-lasting disorientation or delirium (anticholinergic syndrome) with a potentially fatal outcome. It contains tropane alkaloids which are responsible for the psychoactive effects, and may be severely toxic.

All parts of Datura plants contain dangerous levels of the tropane alkaloids atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine, which are classified as deliriants, or anticholinergics.[2][9] The risk of fatal overdose is high among uninformed users,