Toxic spinach causing fever and hallucinations prompts health warning after nine treated for poisoning

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Toxic spinach causing fever and hallucinations prompts health warning after nine treated for poisoning
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The Riviera Farms spinach, sold through Costco, should be thrown out immediately

NSW Health has advised the contaminated spinach was sold through Costco outlets and carried an expiry date of 16 December.NSW Health has advised the contaminated spinach was sold through Costco outlets and carried an expiry date of 16 December.An urgent recall has been issued for packaged baby spinach after dozens of people in Australia reported worrying symptoms, including hallucinations, from eating the contaminated product.

“Consumers who have the batch of spinach in question should not eat it and dispose of it,” the agency said in a statement on Friday. Authorities have warned the product is not safe to consume and people who still have it stored at home should throw it out.

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