Mushroom poisoning kills 3rd person in Calif.

By AP staff
LOOMIS, Calif. - Authorities say a third person has died from consuming toxic mushrooms at a California senior care facility.

The Sacramento Bee reports the state Department of Social Services confirmed the death. According to the newspaper, the agency said the facility, Gold Age Villa in Placer County, called to report the third death on Monday.

The victim's name was not released.

Two other people died and three others were sickened when they ingested soup made from the toxic mushrooms. The caretaker who prepared the soup apparently picked the mushrooms from the home's backyard and did not know they were poisonous.

State food regulations do not prohibit the use of foraged ingredients in food prepared at care facilities, though they do prevent the use of home-canned foods and unpasteurized milk. 

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why don't they just go to trader joe's and BUY a pack of mushrooms? this happens every year and people never learn.

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Reply#1 - Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:38 PM EST

Crazy to think that someone sees mushrooms growing in the back yard and thinks, "Great, let's make some soup." I've said it once and I'll say it again now, "People are stupid."

    Reply#2 - Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:50 AM EST

    One would think that in 2012 people would have better sense, sigh. I saw a show where this woman was picking weeds and stuff for her children's-and their friends-salad; I wonder if they are still alive?

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