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AVOID EATING PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN SOME PLACES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Eating Bush Tucker from Katherine CLEAN ANIMALS BEFORE EATING Reduce contaminants by cleaning (gutting) animals before eating. Liver has more contaminants than other parts and should be avoided. Bicentennial Road STUART HIGHWAY STUART HIGHWAY STUART HIGHWAY VICTORIA HIGHWAY Gorge Road Florina Road Zimin Drive Lansdowne Road Emungalan Road Collins Road Cragborn Road Uralla Road Alice Springs - Darwin Railway RAAF Base Tindal Katherine Airport Katherine Uralla Tindal Creek Tindal Creek Lansdowne Tindal Katherine East Emungalan Katherine River Donkey Camp Donkey Camp Knotts Crossing Knotts Crossing Hot Springs Hot Springs Low Level Crossing Low Level Crossing Rockhole Rockhole Binjari Binjari Galloping Jacks Galloping Jacks Daly River Daly River Cossack Cossack Florina Florina Avoid consumption of bush tucker collected from this area Consumption limits due to PFAS concentrations do not apply Limit consumption of bush tucker collected from this area Legend WHAT BUSH TUCKER CAN YOU FREQUENTLY EAT? Some plants and animals can contain PFAS and other chemicals and metals which may be harmful to your health if eaten in large amounts PFAS builds up in certain plants and animals, limit the amount you eat from certain areas. Refer to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand consumption advice relating to other contaminants, which can be found at www.foodstandards.gov.au Keelback snake image credit: Grant Husband. Children’s python image credit: Brendan Schembri REGULARLY EVERYDAY WEEKLY OCCASIONALLY AVOID Fruits Examples: Billy goat plum Pandanus Land animals and migratory birds Examples: Wallaby Kangaroo Magpie goose Birds, reptiles and stems or leaves of plants in or near water Examples: Turtle File snake Goanna Duck Palm (leaves) Waterlily (stem) Snakes and reptile eggs Examples: Keelback snake Children’s python Turtle eggs Crocodile eggs Eggs of water birds Examples: Duck eggs Goose eggs Other waterfowl eggs The above consumption advice is provided as a result of preliminary studies undertaken. Meal sizes of animals and plants may vary. See Bush Foods in Katherine fact sheet at https://nt.gov.au/industry/hospitality/food-safety-and-regulations

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AVOID EATING PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN SOME PLACES

D E PA RT M E N T O F H E A LT H

Eating Bush Tucker from Katherine

CLEAN ANIMALS BEFORE EATING

Reduce contaminants by cleaning (gutting) animals before eating. Liver has more contaminants than other parts and should be avoided.

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WHAT BUSH TUCKER CAN YOU FREQUENTLY EAT?Some plants and animals can contain PFAS and other chemicals and metals which may be harmful to your health if eaten in large amounts

PFAS builds up in certain plants and animals, limit the amount you eat from certain areas.

Refer to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand consumption advice relating to other contaminants, which can be found at www.foodstandards.gov.auKeelback snake image credit: Grant Husband. Children’s python image credit: Brendan Schembri

REGULARLYEVERYDAY WEEKLY OCCASIONALLY AVOID

Fruits

Examples: Billy goat plumPandanus

Land animals and migratory birds

Examples:

WallabyKangarooMagpie goose

Birds, reptiles and stems or leaves of plants in or near water

Examples:

TurtleFile snakeGoannaDuckPalm (leaves)Waterlily (stem)

Snakes and reptile eggs

Examples:

Keelback snakeChildren’s pythonTurtle eggsCrocodile eggs

Eggs of water birds

Examples:

Duck eggsGoose eggsOther waterfowl eggs

The above consumption advice is provided as a result of preliminary studies undertaken. Meal sizes of animals and plants may vary. See Bush Foods in Katherine fact sheet at https://nt.gov.au/industry/hospitality/food-safety-and-regulations