Australia, Source of Queensland rat poisoning cases identified as health authority issue urgent warning

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Urgent food warning after likely source of rat poisoning is identified

Five people, including a child, were rushed to hospital after they are believed to have ingested the same product.

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Five people, including a child, were rushed to hospital after they are believed to have ingested the same product.

Homemade capsicum and chilli paste and a homemade marinated eggplant containing a capsicum and chilli paste have both been linked to the poisonings, the state health body confirmed.

Three of the five people who presented to hospital last week had consumed these homemade products, and product samples have tested positive for brodifacoum.

These items are said to have been purchased or gifted in the Logan area from mid-September 2025 onwards.

 

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ABC News Brisbane

Queensland Health confirms homemade food products as source of rat poisoning cluster

Three homemade food products have been identified by health authorities as the common source of food between a cluster of six rat poisoning cases in south-east Queensland.

Five people, including one child, all from the Logan area, attended separate hospitals across the state's south-east earlier this month, with symptoms consistent with having ingested brodifacoum, which is a common active ingredient in rat poison.

Queensland Health said on Friday a sixth person, a family member of some of the persons identified in the previous cluster, had tested positive for brodifacoum through contact tracing.

Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Catherine McDougall said it was reassuring no further cases outside the three families involved in the cluster had been identified.

"We are confident that the products are not being currently made or distributed," she said

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Oh so that's it then.
Nothing about who was responsible for putting rat bait in the food ?