Warning not to pick or eat wild mushrooms because of poisoning risk (12 March 2020)
Wild mushrooms are springing up around Australia with the cooler weather and after recent heavy rains, so today the Food Safety Information... Read More
As Autumn kicks in, people are warned not to pick or eat wild mushrooms because of deadly deathcap mushroom risk (3 April 2019)
With eight people recently hospitalised in NSW due to wild mushroom poisoning, the Food Safety Information Council today warned people not to... Read More
Autumn foragers warned not to pick or eat wild mushrooms because of deadly deathcap risk (21 March 2018)
With the growing popularity of foraging for wild food, the Food Safety Information Council today warned people not to pick or eat... Read More
Deadly deathcap mushrooms – warning not to pick or eat wild mushrooms
With the growing popularity of foraging for wild food, the Food Safety Information Council is warning people not to pick or eat... Read More
Deadly deathcap mushrooms – warning not to pick or eat wild mushrooms
Media release: 1 March 2017 The Food Safety Information Council today warned people not to pick or eat wild mushrooms as deadly... Read More
Meat thermometers
Steaks, chops and whole pieces of meat should be cooked to 63 °C (medium rare) using a meat thermometer and left to... Read More
Wild Mushrooms
Foraging for wild food is becoming a popular activity but gathering wild mushrooms can be life-threatening. The poison in one deathcap mushroom,... Read More
Alcohol – what are the risks?
The National Health and Medical Research Council’s Australian Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol advise to reduce the risk of... Read More
Fish: naturally occurring mercury
Fish is great for your health and everyone should eat two to three serves of fish a week for good health. However,... Read More
Fish – natural toxins
Escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) and oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) have been responsible for a number of food poisoning outbreaks involving a type of... Read More