A couple in their 80s in Maebashi mistook a daffodil for a leek and ate it, resulting in food poisoning.

Breaking news "Gunma Prefecture".
By the AI of "Isesaki FM".

A couple in their 80s in Maebashi mistook a daffodil for a leek and ate it, resulting in food poisoning.

On the 10th, Maebashi announced that a couple in their 80s living in the city had eaten a poisonous daffodil, complained of symptoms such as vomiting, and was determined to have had food poisoning.
According to the city, the couple picked a plant growing in their garden at around 7am on the 8th, thinking it was a leek. After cooking and eating it, they began vomiting and other symptoms about 30 minutes later, and were taken to the hospital by their family.
When the food they had eaten was tested, toxic ingredients were detected.