The agent that contaminated baby spinach, prompting the recent national recall, has been revealed. It's a weed, not deliberate misadventure or a chemical contaminant. The culprit is thornapple, ...

Riviera Farms says Victorian health authorities confirmed nightshade had contaminated harvest, with neighbouring crops now being destroyed The weed responsible for contaminating baby spinach at a ...

Thornapple, also known as jimsonweed, devil's snare and devil's trumpet, has the scientific name of Datura stramonium. It comes from the Solanaceae family of plants, which includes both highly toxic ...