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The United States, Japan and Turkey are the main producers of spinach worldwide.
Querétaro, Aguascalientes and Michoacán are today the main producers of spinach nationwide.
At least nine people presented symptoms of intoxication, where they presented hallucinations and delusions.
In the last few hours, it has been announced that alerts have been activated in Australia, since a large quantity of contaminated spinach has been detected, which could put the health of its inhabitants at risk, for which reason an effort has been made to withdraw one from the market. large number of these products.
There are several countries that are large producers of spinach, the United States being one of the main products, since on average they produce just over 323,620 tons, while Japan produces just over 248,000, while Turkey ranks third, with just over 210,999 tons and indonesia in fourth place with just over 160,267 tons.
In Mexico, the production of spines is estimated to exceed slightly more than 30 thousand tons, since only Querétaro, Aguascalientes and Michoacán are considered the states with the highest average yield, with 25.3, 20.7 and 20.5 tons per hectare.
Alerts are turned on in Australia for contaminated spinach
According to what has been disclosed, the Australian authorities issued a health alert last Friday after at least nine people were intoxicated due to the consumption of contaminated spinach, which can even cause delirium, hallucinations.
Similarly, the New South Wales Department of Health announced that instructions were given to withdraw from the market the spinach produced by the agricultural company Riviera Farms and sold at the Costco supermarket.
Now it is better understood…
Alert in Australia for spinach that generates hallucinations https://t.co/8B2RiVbK7C pic.twitter.com/NDqnR5heX5
— Monika Salgueiro (@MonikaSalgueiro) December 16, 2022
It is worth mentioning that according to said authorities, it is believed that the toxic effect of spinach could have been produced by an accidental presence of contaminants; However, until now it could not be specified which one, so recommendations were given to consumers, who bought spinach in recent days and with an expiration date of up to December 16, so that they get rid of the product.
Well, it was declared that the ingestion of this spinach can produce adverse health effects, in addition to the aforementioned hallucinations, delusions, dilated pupils, palpitations, heat in the face, blurred vision, fever and dry skin and mouth, among some other effects.
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