Posted on 12/20/2022 6:29:17 AM PST by FarCenter
Some 130 salad fans in Australia got more than they bargained for when picking up grub where contaminated baby spinach was an ingredient – including hallucinations and delirium.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand has yanked several products including packaged salads and stir fry mixes from shelves of retailers Costco, Woolworths, Aldi and Coles across New South Wales.
The tainted veg is thought to originate from Riviera Farms in Victoria and the problem is described as "potential contamination with unsafe plant material."
The company said: "It appears these products, which were grown on a farm in Victoria and shipped to stores in NSW, have been contaminated with a weed which can have health consequences if consumed.
"Riviera Farms advised authorities immediately after being alerted by one of our retailers and we will continue to work closely with health and food regulators as investigations continue."
The symptoms reported include delirium or confusion, hallucinations, dilated pupils, rapid heartbeat, flushed face, blurred vision, dry mouth and skin, and fever.
Investigation has led the food safety regulator to believe that toxic weeds were harvested alongside the spinach and accidentally included in the product.
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Jimson Weed?
The symptoms reported include delirium or confusion, hallucinations, dilated pupils, rapid heartbeat, flushed face, blurred vision, dry mouth and skin, and fever.
Where can I get some?........................ 😎
Ship it all to our west coast. They won’t know the difference.
Another reason to grow your own vegetables.
Yah, that was my first thought, too. Hallucinations? Gimme.
Might piss off the Cartels, though...............They don’t like competition................
Shoulda used roundup.
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Khat or qat (Amharic: ጫት ch’at; Oromo: Jimaa, Somali: qaad, khaad or khat, Arabic: القات al-qāt) is a flowering plant native to eastern and southern Africa. Khat contains the alkaloid cathinone, a stimulant, which is said to cause excitement, loss of appetite, and euphoria.
For dims and rats Arugula is reputed to have similar but weaker effect
Other symptoms are superhuman strength, fists shaped like anvils, bulging forearms, squinting in one eye and an attraction to scrawny women.
Bad Boy! Just say “no”!
It took me a minute of meditating on that... but LOL!
I always have my plant foods taste tested by cows, pigs, or chickens... :)
It’s not a bug...
Spinach:
Probably a good idea to visibly know the difference. It really is the stems more than anything. Spinach bunches up its stems at the ground level to look like a miniature carrot or turnip without the bulge:
I grow spinach in my garden. I also have to carefully wash the dirt off the lower stems because that's where it will cause gritty-ness in the salad or cooking. It's time consuming, but a labor of love!
Maybe Popeye was a druggie!.............
Just dump a bunch of Doritos in the salad.
Good cooking...the lower part with the top of the root is the most nutritional part.
When shopping for spinach I always look for root attached.L
Because cheapskate farmers cut the tops off....to leave the roots grow another set of leaves.
Merciful Maude.
The producer must not have any type of safety protocol calling for even a slight separation of the various crops!!
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