Mushrooms imported to Australia have been linked to serious and fatal outbreaks of listeria and salmonella, but are going largely unchecked by federal authorities.
Shipments of mushrooms potentially contaminated with deadly bacteria are coming into Australia largely unchecked by federal authorities despite concerns they could pose a serious threat to people’s health.
In an unsworn written statement from Patterson before her arrest, the 49-year-old claimed that she had bought the dried mushroomsin Mount Waverley, but police allege she acted with intent and had attempted to poison her husband before the fatal lunch.found dried mushrooms being sold to the public from plastic bins without labels at independent grocery stores. In some cases, the bins had handwritten labels in another language that offered no clear product information.
The department’s lack of action on the growing risk to health and public safety became a live issue when food safety authority Food Standards Australia New Zealand flagged concerns in 2022 following a deadly listeria outbreak in the US and Canada linked to imported enoki mushrooms. Following the outbreaks, Food Standards Australia New Zealand suggested the government start surveillance testing enoki mushrooms at the border for the listeria bacteria, but the department expressed reluctance to introduce the scheme.
In March 2023, the department put out a public alert to raise awareness of the potential health threat posed by enoki mushrooms.
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