Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00651:reg:7
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Provision Reference: reg 7
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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about poisoning from plants or fungi and death from poisoning from plants or fungi.
Meaning of poisoning from plants or fungi
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, poisoning from plants or fungi:
(a)           means illness, injury or death from the toxic effects of a plant or fungus; and
(b)          includes the toxic effects of:
                (i)            ingesting mushrooms, berries or roots;
                (ii)         ingesting food contaminated with a mycotoxin such as aflatoxin;
                (iii)       ingesting honey contaminated with a plant toxin such as tutin; and
                (iv)        using a herbal medicine containing a plant toxin such as a pyrrolizidine alkaloid or aristolochic acid; and
(c)          excludes:
                (i)            allergic contact dermatitis;
                (ii)         irritant contact dermatitis;
                (iii)       photocontact dermatitis;
                (iv)        blepharitis;
                (v)          conjunctivitis;
                (vi)        malignant neoplasms;
                (vii)     substance use disorder;
                (viii)   coeliac disease;
                (ix)        food allergy; and
                (x)          the effects of exposure to pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, toiletries, alcohol and commercially prepared tobacco.
Note 1: Plant includes all parts of a plant, plant extract, dried plant and a herbal medicine.
            Note 2: Fungus includes all parts of a mushroom, mushroom extract, dried mushroom and mycotoxins such as aflatoxin produced from fungi such as Aspergillus.
Death from poisoning from plants or fungi
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, poisoning from plants or fungi, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's poisoning from plants or fungi.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.