Mushroom sales have plummeted following the deaths of three elderly people after a suspected poisoning at a small town in Victoria.
Supermarkets have recorded consumer spending on fungi is down by up to 10 per cent in recent weeks, according to the ABC.
Chair of the Australian Mushroom Growers Association Georgia Beattie told RN Breakfast the mushroom cook’s claim had created a “little bit of hesitation” among consumers.Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson also succumbed to the deadly mushrooms while Ian remains hospitalised. Picture: Supplied “The likelihood of this type of mushroom getting into the button mushroom supply chain is actually impossible,” she said.
“Farming’s hard in Australia, we’ve got world-leading standards to produce food in Australia so consumers can have confidence in that,” she said.
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