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A lot of people got sick from a baby salad mix that made them hallucinate.
According to The Age newspaper in Australia, at least 47 people have reported symptoms after eating salad kits and bags made from leafy greens. 17 unfortunate souls have needed medical attention.
According to the newspaper, people who got sick from the salad reported "serious hallucinations, delirium, fever, dilated pupils, and blurry vision."
Woolworth's followed in the footsteps of the Australia operations of Costco and recalled two types of salad.
Riviera Farms said in a statement that the product appears to have been contaminated with a weed which can have health consequences if eaten.
Over the past few decades, there have been several recalls of leafy greens in the US due to E coli and salmonella. There was an outbreak of frozen spinach in Slovakia last year.
64 people who consumed the same brand of frozen spinach in the Eastern European country reported "mild symptoms of intoxication" that included dizziness, dry mouth and blurred vision an hour or two after consuming it.
The paper noted that people who had a more intense reaction were confused, disorientated and had hallucinating thoughts. Thesymptoms vanished spontaneously within 48 hours.
The Datura stramonium weed, better known in English-speaking countries as "jimsonweed" or "devil's trumpet", was found to be in the crop that was contaminated by the Slovak government.
Datura is popular with people who want to get high because it contains chemicals that can make you hallucinate.
It's unclear whether or not the Australian spinach was cross-contaminated by jimsonweed, but given that a similar outbreak happened just last year, it's definitely not outside the realm of possibility.
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