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San Francisco health officer reports rare aconitine poisoning from contaminated herbal tea
Summary
San Francisco Department of Public Health reported two severe cardiac poisoning cases linked to herbal tea purchased from a local vendor; toxicology found aconitine, investigators embargoed implicated products, and wholesalers were advised to stop selling five shared ingredients while state partners joined the probe.
San Francisco27s health officer, Dr. Tomas Aragon, told the commission that toxicology tests identified a plant-derived alkaloid, aconitine, in patients who developed cardiac arrhythmias after drinking herbal tea from a single retailer. He said the department received an initial notification on March 7 and, after tracing cases, environmental health inspectors conducted six site visits and embargoed all products containing the 35 herbal ingredients found in the patients27 teas.
The health officer said the two hospitalized patients consumed a mix of 35 ingredients and investigators narrowed the…
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