Authorities have identified the source of a suspected poisoning incident that resulted in Logan residents,including a child,being hospitalised after they ingested rat bait.

Sixth rat poisoning victim identified,police trying to sniff out details

The cluster of people connected to a rat poisoning incident continues to grow,but authorities say they are still investigating how the poison ended up in homemade food.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls and Chief Health Officer Dr Catherine McDougall update media on efforts to locate the source of a rat poisoning incident that hospitalised five Logan residents last week.

Queensland police now involved in rat poisoning investigation

Health authorities have enlisted police to help locate the source of a poisoning incident that saw five Logan residents from separate families hospitalised.

  • Courtney Kruk
Five people have been poisoned after ingesting rat poison on Brisbane’s southside.

Rat poison mystery:Queensland Health scrambles after five hospitalised

Queensland Health is scrambling to identify how at least five people were poisoned in Brisbane’s south,with tests confirming they were hospitalised after ingesting rat poison.

  • Cameron Atfield
Fresh blueberries.

Australians are eating more blueberries than ever. Consumers deserve better protection

There are concerns about pesticides – including one banned in Australia – in the state’s most valuable fruit crop.

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Kitty and Daniel Fewchuk feed their children Hazel,3,and Lucas,5,berry smoothies.

‘Bad taste in my mouth’:Growing pains as berry industry under scrutiny

Australians are eating more berries than ever before,prompting a review of safe pesticide limits.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Brandon Armstrong is a third-generation oyster farmer on the Camden Haven River on the NSW Mid North Coast who has been impacted by multiple floods.

Climate disasters mean oysters could be in short supply this Christmas

Oysters will be scarcer,smaller and more expensive on Christmas tables this year after twin climate disasters in two states.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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This pink goo is mixed with butter,shallots and brandy to make a parfait,and combined with fava bean protein and coconut oil to make lobes that resemble foie gras.

Taste test:We try Australia’s new lab-grown foie gras alternative

Last month,the country’s food regulator deemed a particular form of lab-grown meat – cell-cultured quail – as safe.

  • Dani Valent
The two peanut butter varieties that have been recalled.

Contamination prompts recall of Coles peanut butter

Two Coles peanut butter varieties have been found to be contaminated with carcinogen Aflatoxin.

  • Alexander Darling
Vow’s “Forged Gras”,a cell-cultivate fois gras served with pickled grapes and a sea parsley oil.

Lab-grown meat just became legal. Is it any good?

Cell-grown,cultivated meat,whatever you call it – Sydney start-up Vow has become the first to secure regulatory approval to sell it in Australia.

  • Jessica Yun andFrances Howe
An Australian-Canadian café owner has been ordered by the Canadian food regulator to remove Vegemite from his menu.

‘Pro-Vegemite’:Albanese backs cafe owner as Canada cracks down on iconic spread

An Australian-Canadian cafe owner has been ordered by the Canadian food regulator to scrape Vegemite off his menu. The prime minister skated in with elbows up.

  • Hannah Hammoud andMike Foley