A Queensland baker has sent a warning to parents after her toddler ingested cake decorating dust and ended up in an induced coma.
A Gold Coast baker has sent a warning to parents after her toddler ingested cake decorating dust and ended up in an induced coma. Professional baker Katie Robinson was making a Bluey cake for a first birthday on Friday when her son Dusty Wildman found a canister of cake decorating gold.
"He just found this little canister of metallic lustre dust. ""He was coughing and getting really distressed," Robinson said. The little boy was rushed to hospital where Robinson learnt the dust contained copper, which would not dissolve in blood and gathered in Dusty's lungs.
"I just felt so helpless," he said. The 14-month-old underwent surgery and remains in a coma as the doctors wait to check his liver and kidneys. The supplier has pulled the product from its shelves and contacted all stockists. There is no ingredients list which meant doctors had to send the container to a lab to discover it contained copper and zinc.
"I thought it was glitter, like an edible glitter, like she always uses," Wildman said. "These products are being sold next to edible products as well," Robinson said. "I want everyone to just go and check their cupboards if they have any kind of cake decorating products that could potentially be anything similar to this, just throw it out. "
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