Australians reassured spinach in supermarkets is safe as sales drop 30% in wake of poisonings

Bags containing toxic thornapple leaves have been recalled but cautious shoppers are still leaving the vegetable on supermarket shelves

Australians are being reassured that spinach is safe to eat, after sales dropped by 30% this week amid concerns that weeds mixed in with some of the leafy green products poisoned about 200 people.

Shoppers are leaving bags of spinach on supermarket shelves during the busiest time of the year after Riviera Farms products were recalled this week amid a contamination scare.

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