Overview
- Initial tests detected brodifacoum in samples of a homemade capsicum and chilli paste and a homemade marinated eggplant dish.
- Five people, including one child from the Logan area, presented to hospitals last week with symptoms consistent with brodifacoum poisoning.
- Three of the five affected individuals had consumed the identified unlabelled products, believed to have been purchased or gifted locally since mid‑September.
- Queensland Health urged anyone who has the products to throw them in the household bin, not in gardens or compost, and to seek testing or medical care if exposed or experiencing unexplained bleeding.
- Authorities report no new suspected cases, assess the broader community risk as not widespread, and are continuing the joint health‑police inquiry.